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Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Syndrome ... Clinical Features ... Paresthesias: Hands ... axonal form • MRI ... management #treatment #neurology
Gout (Gouty Arthritis) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Eccentric soft-tissue densities surrounding the third proximal interphalangeal
Radiology Imaging ... surgeon had a clinical ... • This case should ... diagnosed ON THE X-RAY ... #clinical #Radiology
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... transplantation CLINICAL ... - Spinal MRI may ... #Syndrome #diagnosis ... #management #neurology
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
when evaluation should ... heart failure, neurologic ... 109 mm Hg) with clinical ... Neurologic disorders ... Guillain-Barre
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
• Or brainstem syndromes ... resonance imaging [MRI ... patients with clinically ... stimulation Clinical ... taper 3-7 days - Short
Myasthenia Gravis - Summary
 • an autoimmune disease of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction associated with antibodies
Diagnosis: • Based on clinical ... myasthenia usually • Starts ... transient exacerbation at ... - Improves clinical ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Hypertensive crisis may ... precede the neurologic ... Vascular narrowing on MRA ... count in the CSF should ... • EEG: With persistent
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
indicated • EKG ... Obtain EKG if: ... Change in clinical ... upper abdominal/thoracic ... stress testing may