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Reflex Testing - Causes of Hyporeflexia and Hyperreflexia
Focal Hyporeflexia: 
 • Radiculopathy, Mononeuropathy, Polyneuropathy, Acute stroke,
Reflex Testing - ... Acute spinal cord injury ... Guillain-Barré syndrome ... #differential #diagnosis ... #table #neurology
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Causes of Seizures ... Toxic: Alcohol, Medication ... , Recreational drugs ... Traumatic brain injury ... #neurology
Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
to Acute Kidney Injury ... there a dialysis indication ... require urgent nephrology ... obstruction, Nephrotoxic drugs ... #nephrology
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Epidemiology: • 1-2 cases ... Decreased / Absent Reflexes ... Diagnosis: • ... #management #treatment ... #neurology
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis and Management Summary

Trauma:
 • Immobilization, Crush iniury, Compartment syndrome, Electrical injury
Exertional:
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- Differential Diagnosis ... and Management ... Drugs (Statins), ... Treatment: 1 ... #causes #treatment
Drug Induced Liver Injury (DILI) - Stepwise Diagnosis Algorithm
DILI suspicion
Features toxic aetiology: Skin involvement, Kidney injury,
Stepwise Diagnosis ... duration), Several medications ... /HDS treatments ... for alternative causes ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
- Differential Diagnosis ... Summary Causes ... - Toxins - Drugs ... #Management #causes ... #treatment #nephrology
Vancomycin Associated Acute Kidney Injury

 • Drug induced acute kidney injury is generally defined as a
Drug induced ... 24-72 hours of drug ... • Treatment includes ... pharmacology #toxicology #diagnosis ... #management #nephrology
Syncope is a sudden, transient loss of consciousness, which is thought to be secondary to cerebral
such as reflex ... further guide management ... orthostatic vital sign ... Further diagnostics ... The treatment strategy
The Neurological Evaluation of a Comatose Patient

Definition:
 • Coma: a state of unresponsiveness; the absence of
Differential Diagnosis ... Awareness • Injury ... • Examine for signs ... Casey Albin MD @ ... #comatose #diagnosis