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Upper Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Motor Function
Shoulder:
 • Abduction - C5,C6 (axillary)
 • Adduction - C6, C7,
Wrist drop - Occurs ... nerve in the radial ... in the median nerve ... Dermatomes #Myotomes #diagnosis ... #neurology #sensory
Causes of Excessive Daytime Sleepiness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Insufficient Sleep
 • Poor Sleep Hygiene
 • Insomnia
Causes of Excessive ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Medical/Psychiatric ... DisordersNeurologic ... #Algorithm #Causes
Localizing Extraocular Movement Disorders
 • CN Ill (Oculomotor) Nerve Palsy 
 • CN IV (Trochlear) Nerve
palsy • Medial ... One-and-a-half Syndrome ... Skew Deviation Casey ... ophthalmology #neurology ... #differential #diagnosis
Causes of Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Congenital Anomaly / Disorder:
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Causes of Sudden ... Anomaly / Disorder ... Arrhythmia • Neurologic ... Sudden Infant Death Syndrome ... #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Causes of Neuromuscular ... Trauma, Tumor • Motor ... heavy metals), Critical ... #differential #diagnosis ... #neurology
Lower Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Reflexes: 
 • Knee - L2, L3, L4
 • Ankle - S1
• Cauda Equina Syndrome ... Medical Emergency ... Neuropathy - Foot drop ... Commonly caused ... #neurology #sensory
Radial Nerve Anatomy and Function
The Radial nerve is the nerve of elbow, wrist and digital extension.
Radial Nerve Anatomy ... The first motor ... When clinically ... involve a wrist drop ... #diagnosis #neurology
Causes of Hemiplegia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cerebral Hemisphere (Contralateral motor cortex)
 • Aphasia
 • Apraxia
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(Contralateral motor ... Consciousness • Cranial Nerve ... Brown-Sequard Syndrome ... #Hemiplegia #Neurology ... #Algorithm #Causes
Diplopia - Double Vision - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical Pearls:
 • Diplopia is almost always binocular.
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Clinical ... • Neurologic ... depress when looking medially ... #Algorithm #Causes
Upper Motor Neuron (UMN) lesions are lesions occurring anywhere in the CNS from the brain up
may mimic an LMN disorder ... the differential diagnosis ... LMN syndromes are ... very different clinical ... cord, peripheral nerve