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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
Brissaud's Sign ... of the flexion reflex ... synergy due to pyramidal ... #Sign #Reflex # ... Neurology #clinical
Brissaud's Sign

If the patient did not have his toes ... is there a sign that can
Brissaud's Sign ... Brissaud's sign ... semiologianeurologica #Brissauds ... Neurology #clinical ... #physicalexam #pyramidal
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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constipation Differential ... wink test - reflex ... axial T1 and T2 Treatment ... Equina #syndrome #differential ... diagnosis #causes #neurology
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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in HIV / AIDS - Differential ... Antimicrobial treatment ... neck stiffness, vomiting ... Symptoms: Headache, vomiting ... CNS #Infections #differential
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
extensors of the arms (pyramidal ... Spasticity - Reflexes ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment ... diagnosis #management #neurology ... #differential
Causes of Dysarthria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Lower Motor Neuron - Slow, Low Volume, Breathy Speech, Tongue
of Dysarthria - Differential ... hyperactive gag reflex ... Disorder Extra-Pyramidal ... #Dysarthria #Neurology ... #Differential #
Causes of Hypokalemia
Transcellular Shifts:
 - Alkalosis, Increased plasma insulin (treatment of diabetic ketoacidosis), ß-Adrenergic agonists, Hypokalemic
plasma insulin (treatment ... GI Losses: - Vomiting ... Hypokalemia #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
Increased Jaw Jerk reflex ... conditions listed in differential ... diagnosis column Treatment ... Lateral #Sclerosis #neurology
Gitelman Syndrome Overview

What?
• Inherited (AR) hypokalemic salt-losing tubulopathies affecting the thiazide-sensitive sodium chloride cotransporter
• Gitelman's syndrome
ratio 0.5%) Differential ... Surreptitious vomiting ... Rhabdomyolysis Treatment ... Syndrome #diagnosis #nephrology