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Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Syndrome - Summary Acute ... Hands or feet • Pain ... variants: (1) acute ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #neurology
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook

Acute Idiopathic Unilateral Facial Nerve (CN7) Palsy
Presentation:
Diagnosis and Management ... GrepMed Handbook Acute ... (Ramsay-Hunt), HIV ... ) • EMG/NCS (rare ... #Treatment #Neurology
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
Sensitivity to pain ... Oligoclonal bands are ... symptoms) • Acute ... sclerosis #diagnosis #management ... #neurology #treatment
Orthopedic Emergencies
Compartment Syndrome
 • An increase in compartment pressure to the point where tissue perfusion is
tibia/fibula) and hip ... days after an acute ... Surgical Care - ... - Intense pain ... #treatment
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Syndrome (GBS) Acute ... and cauda equina TREATMENT ... the intensive care ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... #neurology
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
or without back pain ... , Hep A/B/CMV, TB ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment ... Myelitis #diagnosis #management ... #neurology #differential
Semont Liberatory Maneuver for Treatment of BPPV
1) The patient is seated upright on the side of
Liberatory Maneuver for Treatment ... when particles are ... positional #vertigo #neurology ... instructions #clinical #video ... #physicalexam #management
Semont Liberatory Maneuver for Treatment of BPPV
1) The patient is seated upright on the side of
Liberatory Maneuver for Treatment ... when particles are ... positional #vertigo #neurology ... instructions #clinical #video ... #physicalexam #management
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
presents with acute ... to 12 weeks for acute ... muscle aches, joint pain ... , chest pain • ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management