Template:Weakness DDX: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 19:52, 24 February 2015

Neuromuscular weakness
- UMN:
  - CVA (Main)
  - Intracerebral Hemorrhage (ICH)
  - Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
  - Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) (UMN & LMN)
- Spinal cord disease:
  - Infection (Epidural Abscess (Spinal))
  - Infarction/ischemia
  - Trauma (Spinal Cord Syndromes)
  - Inflammation (Transverse Myelitis)
  - Tumor
- Peripheral nerve disease:
  - Guillain-Barre
  - Toxins (Ciguatera)
  - Tick Paralysis
  - DM neuropathy (non-emergent)
- NMJ disease:
- Muscle disease:
  - Rhabdomyolysis
  - Dermatomyositis
  - Polymyositis
  - Alcoholic myopathy

Non-neuromuscular weakness
- Can't miss diagnoses:
  - Acute Coronary Syndrome (Main)
  - Arrhythmia/Syncope
  - severe infection/Sepsis (Main)
  - Hypoglycemia
  - Periodic paralysis (electrolyte disturbance, K, Mg, Ca)
  - Respiratory failure
- Emergent Diagnoses:
  - Symptomatic Anemia
  - Severe dehydration
  - Hypothyroidism
  - Polypharmacy
  - Malignancy

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 ===[[Weakness]]===
-*'''Neuromuscular weakness''' involves derangement of CNS (UMN), PNS (LMN), the motor endplate, or the muscle:
+*'''Neuromuscular weakness'''
 **'''UMN:'''
 *** [[CVA (Main)]]
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 *** Alcoholic myopathy
-*'''Non-neuromuscular weakness''' can be infectious, cardiovascular, metabolic, toxicologic:
+*'''Non-neuromuscular weakness'''
-**'''Can't miss dx:'''
+**'''Can't miss diagnoses:'''
 *** [[Acute Coronary Syndrome (Main)]]
 *** Arrhythmia/[[Syncope]]
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 *** Periodic paralysis (electrolyte disturbance, K, Mg, Ca)
 *** Respiratory failure
-**'''Emergent Dx:'''
+**'''Emergent Diagnoses:'''
 *** Symptomatic [[Anemia]]
 *** Severe dehydration