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Reflex Testing - Causes of Hyporeflexia and Hyperreflexia
Focal Hyporeflexia: 
 • Radiculopathy, Mononeuropathy, Polyneuropathy, Acute stroke,
Reflex Testing - ... Guillain-Barré syndrome ... injury, Early ALS ... Eclampsia, Late ALS ... diagnosis #table #neurology
Milkmaid’s Grip of Chorea on Physical Exam
Milk maids grip is appreciated as an alternating squeezing and
is appreciated as ... finger like a milking ... This may reflect ... #Grip #Chorea #sign ... clinical #video #neurology
Alzheimer’s Disease: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Risk factor for Late Onset Alzheimer's (99% of cases):
 - Increasing
mutations - Down syndrome ... chromosome 21) Signs ... Complications: • Deficit ... Aphasia, word-finding ... seizure, primitive reflexes
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Hypertension - Workup ... hypertension and signs ... renal bruit or signs ... Neurologic disorders ... #Diagnosis #indications
The Neurological Evaluation of a Comatose Patient

Definition:
 • Coma: a state of unresponsiveness; the absence of
• Locked-in syndrome ... normal in sleep; indicators ... • Examine for signs ... Casey Albin MD @ ... #PhysicalExam #neurology
Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome - Diagnosis
Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome is an idiosyncratic reaction to antipsychotic medications classically characterized
antipsychotic medications ... status: catatonic signs ... tremor → cogwheel effect ... , sialorrhea), Reflexes ... #Diagnosis #neurology
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
clinical examination finding ... the pathologic finding ... - Causes progressive ... Increased Jaw Jerk reflex ... Lateral #Sclerosis #neurology
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
/ hypoxemia -> focus ... - Compartment syndrome ... - HIV/HAART medications ... B3: Hereditary Defects ... myopathies - Defects
Hearing Loss - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hearing Loss Types:
• Conductive
• Sensorineural
• Mixed
Presbycusis is the most common type
evaluation should also ... include a: • Neurologic ... tympanic membrane • Neurologic ... cause unknown) ... II ○ Susac’s syndrome
Newborn Infant - Routine Examination

Birthweight, gestational age and birthweight percentile are noted.
General observation Of the baby's
fontanelle is also ... a late sign of ... checked for red reflex ... This reflex is not ... are observed for signs