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Asymmetrical Tonic Neck Reflex (ATNR)

This primitive reflex found in newborn babies that normally vanishes around 4
one side, the leg ... and the arm and leg ... #PhysicalExam #clinical ... #video #Neurology ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Cauda Equina Syndrome
Causes:
 • Large lumbar degenerative disc herniation (central)
 • Severe lumbar spondylosis
 • Neoplasm
Cauda Equina Syndrome ... reflexes) • Urinary ... #CaudaEquina #Syndrome ... #MSK #pathophysiology ... #diagnosis #symptoms
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Pathogenesis and clinical ... Anterior Cord Syndrome ... bladder and rectal reflex ... saddle anesthesia. leg ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology
Peripheral Edema - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Lower Extremity Edema

Edema occurs when any of the following
- Differential Diagnosis ... type 1 (reflex ... Note: • Left leg ... after the right leg ... #PhysicalExam #Pathophysiology
Landau's Reaction (Reflex)  on Physical Exam

Landau's reaction is investigated holding the baby firmly under the
Landau's Reaction (Reflex ... followed by trunk and leg ... #PhysicalExam #clinical ... #video #Neurology ... #Peds #Pediatrics
The Neurological Evaluation of a Comatose Patient

Definition:
 • Coma: a state of unresponsiveness; the absence of
Differential Diagnosis ... • Locked-in syndrome ... • Mutism Pathophysiology ... wrists clenched; legs ... wrists clenched; legs
Alzheimer’s Disease: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Risk factor for Late Onset Alzheimer's (99% of cases):
 - Increasing
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... mutations - Down syndrome ... seizure, primitive reflexes ... AlzheimersDisease #Dementia #pathophysiology ... #geriatrics #diagnosis
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Pathophysiology ... Guillain-Barre Clinical ... Weakness: Starts in legs ... Decreased / Absent Reflexes ... : Arms or legs
Brudzinski’s Sign in Meningitis (first described in 19th century by Dr. Josef Brudzinski)

Brudzinski's sign is characterized
While the pathophysiology ... an involuntary reflex ... Video by Dr. ... Sign #Meningitis #Clinical ... #Pediatrics #Peds
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
- Spinal Cord Syndromes ... involved) - Tendon reflex ... in deep tendon reflexes ... multiradicular pain - Leg ... #differential #diagnosis