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Reflex Testing - Causes of Hyporeflexia and Hyperreflexia
Focal Hyporeflexia: 
 • Radiculopathy, Mononeuropathy, Polyneuropathy, Acute stroke,
Reflex Testing - Causes ... Guillain-Barré syndrome ... Hyperreflexia #Testing #Causes ... differential #diagnosis #table ... #neurology
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Causes of Seizures ... Focal: Simple, Complex ... : • Vascular: Stroke ... vasoconstriction syndrome ... #Causes #neurology
Mechanisms of Pain
Mixed - Nociceptive/Neuropathic
Nociceptive - Tissue Damage
 - Visceral - (From organ/cavity lining) Poorly localized,
Sympathetic • Complex ... regional pain syndrome ... Limb • Post-stroke ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes
Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
Excessive GI losses ... Eric Strong https ... Low #Magnesium #Table ... #Classification ... #Causes #Workup
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
Kidney Injury - Classification ... a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome ... tubular necrosis (causes ... - Strong Medicine ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Gerstmann Syndrome
1) Finger agnosia - Inability to name their own fingers, affecting both sides
2) Right-left confusion
Gerstmann Syndrome ... patient is still able ... to copy Causes ... : Stroke (main cause ... #neurology #diagnosis
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
Causes of Acute ... • Hepatorenal syndromes ... antibodies • Immune-complex ... #KidneyInjury #Nephrology ... #Causes
Shock - Differential Diagnosis by Classification
Reflex Syncope 
 - Vasovagal syncope
   • Prolonged standing
Differential Diagnosis by Classification ... Subclavian steal syndrome ... Eric Strong https ... Differential #Diagnosis #Classification ... #Table #Causes
Algorithm - Approach to the differential diagnosis of the patient presenting with overt glomerular proteinuria. CMV
Algorithm - Approach ... documented to be a complete ... nervous system (stroke ... Nephrocalcinosis causes ... #nephrology
One and a Half Syndrome on Physical Exam

This 28 year old patient presented to clinic with
testing displayed a complete ... fasciculus), which causes ... The most common causes ... this are tumors, strokes ... ophthalmology #neurology