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Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
cases/100,000 per year ... Pathophysiology ... Diagnosis: • ... #Syndrome #diagnosis ... #management #treatment
Femoral Head Fracture: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Posterior hip dislocation -> Impaction force from femoral
injury -> Ligaments tear ... Inability to weight-bear ... FemoralHead #Fractures #msk ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology
Pathogenesis of Anxiety Disorders

Anxiety Disorders: A maladaptive emotional state causing fear,
worry, and excessive stress, characterized by:
state causing fear ... less internal locus ... Anxiety #Disorders #Pathophysiology ... #diagnosis #psychiatry
Low Ankle Sprain: Pathomechanics and Clinical Findings

Grading Ligament Sprains
l: Minimal ligament disruption, mild swelling & tenderness,
II: Incomplete tear ... Ill: Complete tear ... LowAnkleSprain #Sports #MSK ... Grading #Grades #Diagnosis ... #pathophysiology
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... per 100,000 per year ... the underlying pathophysiology ... GBS #Guillain #Barre ... #management #neurology
Scurvy (Vitamin C Deficiency) - Diagnosis and Management

Vitamin C is required for hydroxylation of proline residues
Deficiency) - Diagnosis ... and Management ... Psychiatric symptoms ... nonimmune hemolysis MSK ... #Management
Calf Muscle Hematoma on POCUS

50 year old male playing tennis felt a pop in his leg.
Muscle Hematoma on POCUS ... Diagnosis: “Tennis ... Peroneus tendon tear ... Gastrocnemius #POCUS ... clinical #ultrasound #msk
Perilunate Dislocation
On lateral wrist XR, the capitate ("apple") should sit in the lunate ("tea cup") which
in the lunate ("tea ... sit in lunate "tea ... injury • ED Management ... Radiology #XRay #Diagnosis ... #Sports #MSK
Meralgia paresthetica: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Compression/injury of Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve (LFCN) -> Meralgia paresthetica
 •
sensory • Before diagnosis ... inguinal ligament (near ... MeralgiaParesthetica #MSK ... #pathophysiology ... #differential #diagnosis
Hearing Loss - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hearing Loss Types:
• Conductive
• Sensorineural
• Mixed
Presbycusis is the most common type
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Outer Ear: ... Noise trauma ○ MS ... Labyrinthitis ○ Epstein-Barr ... #Differential #Diagnosis