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Algorithm for the Treatment of Parkinson Disease With Predominant Postural Instability and Gait Impairment

#Management #Neurology #Parkinsons
Algorithm for the Treatment ... of Parkinson Disease ... Predominant Postural Instability ... #Management #Neurology ... #Parkinsons #Disease
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
and less common diseases ... diagnosis and treatment ... polychondritis • Behcet disease ... #neurology #inflammatory ... #differential #
Pseudobulbar Affect
Characteristics (These episodes usually cause distress and impairment in occupational or social functioning):
 - Extreme
Extreme emotional lability ... laughter and crying; Diseases ... ), Alzheimer's Disease ... Pseudobulbar #Affect #neurology ... #differential #
Causes of Knee Effusions - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Knee Effusion Red Flags:
1. Fever/Chills/Joint pain/Night sweats/Weight loss
	- DDX:
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- Differential ... Osteoarthritis - Overuse syndrome ... Seronegative Reactive Syndrome ... Effusions #causes #differential ... #diagnosis #msk
Workup of Hypercalcemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
High or Normal PTH:
 • Hyperparathyroidism: Parathyroid adenoma, Parathyroid hyperplasia,
Hypercalcemia - Differential ... , Milk Alkali Syndrome ... , Viral Syndromes ... Hypercalcemia #Differential ... Algorithm #Workup #nephrology
Gerstmann Syndrome
1) Finger agnosia - Inability to name their own fingers, affecting both sides
2) Right-left confusion
Gerstmann Syndrome ... Finger agnosia - Inability ... to differentiate ... neudrawlogy #Gerstmann #Syndrome ... #neurology #diagnosis
Algorithm showing a stepwise approach to the assessment and investigation of a possible neuropathy. CIDP, chronic
Guillain-Barré syndrome ... neuropathy with liability ... #Diagnosis #Neurology ... Algorithm #Evaluation #Differential
Demyelinating Diseases - Differential Diagnosis
 • Inflammatory: MS, ADEM, NMO, Paraneoplastic, Sjogren's, Polyarteritis nodosa, SLE
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Demyelinating Diseases ... - Differential ... Inflammatory: MS ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #causes #neurology
Korsakoff Syndrome
Clinical Findings:
 • Confabulation: Usually initial phase of the disease
 • Anterograde amnesia: Memory impairment
Korsakoff Syndrome ... initial phase of the disease ... Therefore, Korsakoff Syndrome ... Encephalopathy Treatment ... #neurology #diagnosis
Confabulation
What? Honest Lie.  
No incoming sensory information + Filling of the blanks with different information
Diseases: Korsakoff ... Syndrome, Traumatic ... , Anton's Syndrome ... Confabulation #differential ... diagnosis #causes #neurology