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Orthopedic Essentials - Spinal Trauma and Spine Classification 
DENIS THREE COLUMN CONCEPT
Anterior column:
Trauma and Spine ... deformity or neurologic ... Criteria of unstable spine ... Cauda equina Treatment ... Fracture #Trauma #Spine
Pisa Syndrome (pleurothotonus) on Physical Exam
A tonic flexion of the trunk of the body to one
mobilization or supine ... by: - drugs (e.g ... Treatment: anticholinergics ... pleurothotonus #PhysicalExam ... #clinical #neurology
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
K-sparing diuretics, Saline ... hypovolemia - ↓ Renin ... heparinized tube) • ECG ... excretion ± Renin ... #potassium #nephrology
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Can begin in arms ... of intrathecal spinal ... Treatment: • Plasmapheresis ... diagnosis #management #treatment ... #neurology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... with hypertension being ... • EEG: With persistent ... epilepticus Treatment ... underlying cause • Treatment
Myasthenia Gravis - Summary
 • an autoimmune disease of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction associated with antibodies
serologic, and EMG ... characteristic EMG ... - 1st line: ... Sinai Hospital of ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Epley Maneuver for Treatment of BPPV
1) The patient begins in an upright sitting posture, and the
Epley Maneuver for Treatment ... lowered into a supine ... Maneuver #BPPV #Benign ... positional #vertigo #neurology ... clinical #video #physicalexam
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
brainstem and multiple spinal ... EMG: LMN Signs in ... cervical and thoracic spine ... diagnosis column Treatment ... Lateral #Sclerosis #neurology
In this video, you see right sided atrophy, right sided deviation, and fasiculations R>L, indicating a
MRI brain and C-spine ... imaging after treatment ... Fasciculations #PhysicalExam ... #CNXII #CN12 #Neurology
Post-Hypoxic Spinal Flutter on Physical Exam

Post hypoxic spinal flutter - spontaneous and sternal compression inducible rhythmic
Post-Hypoxic Spinal ... Post hypoxic spinal ... quadriceps muscles alone ... #Flutter #PhysicalExam ... clinical #video #neurology