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Approach to Suspected Meningitis - Empiric Management Algorithm

 • Alarm Symptoms (FAILS)
 • Empiric Antibiotics
 •
Meningitis - Empiric Management ... Obtain Head CT • Lumbar ... #Meningitis #Management ... diagnosis #Algorithm #treatment
Neurosyphilis - Treponema pallidum - Diagnosis Algorithm
Lumbar Puncture Indications:
 • Neuro / Ocular symptoms
 • HIV
Diagnosis Algorithm Lumbar ... CD4 count) • Treatment ... Elevated Protein Treatment ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Lumbar ... #puncture #management
CNS Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Clinical Manifestations: Demyelinating Syndrome, Headache, Movement disorders, Seizure disorders, Aseptic
Labs, Imaging, Lumbar ... Puncture, EEG Treatment ... cerebritis #diagnosis #management ... #treatment
The Febrile Infant Step-by-Step Algorithm
This is an algorithm developed by European emergency physicians to identify low-risk
managed without lumbar ... empiric antibiotic treatment ... Diagnosis #EBM #Management
Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Epidemiology:
 • Prevalence: 1-2 cases per million -
Diagnosis and Management ... muscle rigidity - lumbar ... Person Syndrome Treatment ... SPS #Diagnosis #Management ... #treatment #neurology
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
respiratory, and bulbar ... DIAGNOSIS: • Lumber ... and cauda equina TREATMENT ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management
Orthopedic Splints, Casts, Plasters, Traction and Frames
Upper Limb and Spine 
 • DUNLOP TRACTION: Used in
ill-development of lumbar ... Used acutely in management ... employed in the treatment ... BOSTON BRACE: For lumbar ... #Orthopedics #management
Lumbar Puncture Bleeding Risk

Discontinuing medications before lumbar puncture
 • Antiplatelets
 • Anticoagulants

#LP #Lumbar #Puncture #Bleeding #Risk
Lumbar Puncture ... medications before lumbar ... Anticoagulants #LP #Lumbar ... antiplatelets #management
Common Lumbar Root Syndromes

#Diagnosis #Radiculopathy #Lumbar #NerveRoot #Sensory #Motor #Deficits #Reflexes #Table
Common Lumbar Root ... Radiculopathy #Lumbar
Labeled X-Ray Anatomy - Lumbar Vertebra - AP View
 - Facet Joint
 - Superior Articulating Process
X-Ray Anatomy - Lumbar ... Pal @drdevrad #Lumbar