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Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
Myasthenia Gravis ... Myasthenia Gravis ... of Myasthenia Gravis ... Myasthenia Gravis ... #Myasthenia #Gravis
Myasthenia Gravis - Summary
 • an autoimmune disease of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction associated with antibodies
Myasthenia Gravis ... Diagnosis: • Based on clinical ... #Myasthenia #Gravis ... #diagnosis #management ... #neurology #treatment
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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endemic areas - 1- ... cases Clinical ... Signs/Symptoms: ... years - May have signs ... numbness, decreased reflexes
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
nearly 3:1 • ... : 1. ... Signs and symptoms ... neurologic impairment ... sclerosis #diagnosis #management
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Epidemiology: • 1- ... • Weakness: Starts ... Decreased / Absent Reflexes ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #neurology
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
UMN and LMN signs ... Increased Jaw Jerk reflex ... UMN and LMN signs ... Lateral #Sclerosis #neurology ... #diagnosis #management
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Handbook Clinical ... Colonization (~20% of ... Pathophysiology: Spore ... • Flex-Sig: If ... 10 mg/kg IV x 1
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... degrees of: 1. ... arms (pyramidal ... Spasticity - Reflexes ... • Bilateral signs
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
has five major clinical ... forms: 1) Rhinocerebral ... clinical specimens ... spores into the ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management
Semont Liberatory Maneuver for Treatment of BPPV
1) The patient is seated upright on the side of
BPPV 1) The patient ... ) The examiner grasps ... positional #vertigo #neurology ... #instructions #clinical ... #physicalexam #management