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Brissaud's Sign
Brissaud's Sign, a substitute for Babinski's sign, was published only 22 days after Babinski's famous
of the flexion reflex ... pyramidal tract dysfunction ... Brissauds #Sign #Reflex ... clinical #video #physicalexam
Abnormal (Positive) Babinski Sign on Physical Exam

Dorsiflexion of the great toe with or without fanning of
pyramidal tract dysfunction ... Babinski #Sign #PhysicalExam ... clinical #video #reflex
The Neurological Evaluation of a Comatose Patient

Definition:
 • Coma: a state of unresponsiveness; the absence of
consciousness Differential ... Severe injury/dysfunction ... • Gag reflex ... • Cough reflex ... caseyalbin #PhysicalExam
Dizziness - Differential Diagnosis Framework
"Tell me what you mean by dizzy without using the word dizzy."
Vertigo:
Dizziness - Differential ... , Meds • Reflex ... ) • Autonomic Dysfunction ... Primary autonomic dysfunction ... Dizziness #dizzy #Differential
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
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bowel and sexual dysfunction ... constipation Differential ... bulbocavernosus reflex ... wink test - reflex ... Equina #syndrome #differential
Lower Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Reflexes: 
 • Knee - L2, L3, L4
 • Ankle - S1
and Myotomes Reflexes ... genitourinary dysfunction ... sensory #motor #leg #physicalexam
Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary Otalgia 
 - Pain that originates from the ear
Pain (Otalgia) - Differential ... Eustachian tube dysfunction ... Cranial nerve IX can refer ... Gastroesophageal reflux ... gastroesophageal reflux
Peripheral Edema - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Lower Extremity Edema

Edema occurs when any of the following
Peripheral Edema - Differential ... syndrome type 1 (reflex ... Peripheral #Edema #differential ... Lower #Extremity #PhysicalExam
Dysgeusia Causes - Principal Categories of Gustatory Dysfunction
A large number of medications have been implicated in
implicated in smell and taste ... 12% of olfactory dysfunction ... onset of smell or taste ... cause loss of taste ... help #Diagnosis #Differential
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
weakness - Bladder dysfunction ... involved) - Tendon reflex ... in deep tendon reflexes ... - Sphincter dysfunction ... syndromes #lesions #differential