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Toluene Poisoning - Diagnosis and Management Summary
What is it?  Volatile hydrocarbon, Glue or paint-sniffing, Occupational
Toluene Poisoning - Diagnosis ... acute or chronic Clinical ... present as periodic paralysis ... Poisoning #Toxicology #Diagnosis
Spinal Epidural Abscess - Illness Script
Epidemiology:
 - Patients at risk for bacteremia: IVDU, dental abscess, HD
most common (63%) Clinical ... bowel dysfunction paralysis ... Diagnosis: - MRI ... Epidural #Abscess #diagnosis
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
Autoimmune The clinical ... sclerosis • Clinical ... dysfunction - Flaccid paralysis ... rectal sphincter paralysis ... #differential #diagnosis
REBEL Review 4 & 5: Paralytic & Vasopressor Dosing 

Paralytic Agents:
 - Succinylcholine (Depolarizing Agent)
Review 4 & 5: Paralytic ... Vasopressor Dosing Paralytic ... #vasopressors #paralytics
Vocal Cord Palsy on POCUS
Patient with vocal changes since cervical spine surgery with right anterior approach.
What's the diagnosis ... VocalCord #Palsy #paralysis ... #POCUS #clinical
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
meningococcal, H1N1) Clinical ... nearly complete paralysis ... Guillain-Barre Clinical ... Guillain-Barre Diagnosis ... Barre #Syndrome #diagnosis
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
transplantation CLINICAL ... nearly complete paralysis ... bulbar muscles DIAGNOSIS ... specific therapy, the clinician ... Barre #Syndrome #diagnosis
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
- Differential Diagnosis ... neurological lesion: Clinical ... Spastic paresis/paralysis ... spinalcord #disorders #diagnosis
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Common clinical ... area, - Facial paralysis ... meningitis with a diagnostic ... #differential #diagnosis
Upper Motor Neuron (UMN) lesions are lesions occurring anywhere in the CNS from the brain up
the differential diagnosis ... syndromes are clinically ... very different clinical ... hyporeflexia, flaccid paralysis