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Instructions on how to perform the swinging light test to detect a relative afferent pupillary defect.

http://www.cmaj.ca/content/early/2015/01/05/cmaj.140685

Normal
room, bright pen ... Both pupils should ... room, bright pen ... Both pupils should ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Can begin in arms ... : Due to nerve root ... Guillain-Barre Diagnosis ... #management #treatment ... #neurology
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
and Management ... Should be performed ... on room air in ... 10 minutes of rest ... and older) on room
Pediatric Primitive Reflexes - Maneuver and Ages

Palmar Grasp Reflex
 - Place your fingers into the baby's
holding jaw over shoulder ... Pediatrics #Peds #Diagnosis ... #Neurology #PhysicalExam ... GrepMed Recommended Text
Epley Maneuver for Treatment of BPPV
1) The patient begins in an upright sitting posture, and the
rolls onto his/her shoulder ... Maneuver #BPPV #Benign ... positional #vertigo #neurology ... clinical #video #physicalexam ... #management
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... with hypertension being ... factor PRES Diagnosis ... count in the CSF should ... #management #neurology
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis ... and Management ... Cortisol+ACTH stim test ... #Hyperkalemia #Diagnosis ... #potassium #nephrology
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
bulbar muscles DIAGNOSIS ... and sensitive tests ... for diagnosis of ... intrathecal spinal nerve roots ... #management #neurology
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
bouts of HTN Diagnostic ... NMO-IgG (anti-AQP4) should ... negative, MOG-IgG test ... should be ordered ... #management #neurology
Dix-Hallpike Maneuver for the Diagnosis of BPPV
The Dix–Hallpike test (Nylen Barany test) is a diagnostic maneuver
The Dix–Hallpike test ... (Nylen Barany test ... ) is a diagnostic ... #BPPV #neurology ... #PhysicalExam