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Critical and Emergent Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
CRITICAL DIAGNOSES 
 - Cerebral cortex or subcortical 
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Neuromuscular Weakness ... - Peripheral nerve ... - Peripheral nerve ... #Differential # ... Neurology #Causes
Upper Extremity Nerve Pathologies 

 • Axillary Nerves
 • Musculocutaneous Nerve
 • Radial Nerve
 • Median
Upper Extremity Nerve ... • Radial Nerve ... • Ulnar Nerve ... #Pathologies #differential ... #innervation #neurology
Pronator Drift Testing for Stroke
Subtle extensor weakness - Sign of Upper motor neuron lesion
In detecting CT/MRI
Subtle extensor weakness ... 9.2, LR- 0.09 Best ... test characteristics ... physicalexam #diagnosis #neurology ... #cva
Dermatomes and Peripheral Nerves - Segmental Innervation of the Skin and the Peripheral Nerve Supply (Anterior
and Peripheral Nerves ... the Peripheral Nerve ... Dermatomes #Peripheral #Nerves ... Skin #Diagnosis #Neurology ... GrepMed Recommended Text
Causes of Facial Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Forehead Sparing = Central cause
  - Most commonly
Causes of Facial Weakness ... - Differential ... (2% of facial nerve ... #Differential # ... Algorithm #Causes #neurology
Froment’s Test for Ulnar Nerve Palsy

This tests for pinch grip weakness caused by ulnar nerve palsy,
Froment’s Test for ... Ulnar Nerve Palsy ... This tests for ... pinch grip weakness ... clinical #video #neurology
Stroke Evaluation and Management Algorithm

Clinical suspicion of stroke (BE FAST)
 • Balance loss
 • Eyes: vision
asymmetry • Arm weakness ... Algorithm #diagnosis #differential ... #neurology #CVA
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Weakness

- Dr. Tom Fadial @thame 

#Weakness #Algorithm #Evaluation #Diagnosis #Differential #Neurology
Evaluation of Weakness ... Fadial @thame #Weakness ... Evaluation #Diagnosis #Differential ... #Neurology
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Neuromuscular Weakness ... Tumor • Motor Nerves ... multiplex, Phrenic nerve ... #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
Bell's Palsy
Bell’s Palsy is a damage, acute weakness, or paralysis of the Facial nerve (7th CN),
damage, acute weakness ... of the Facial nerve ... when the facial nerve ... #Bells #Palsy #neurology ... #anatomy #pathophysiology