Template:Weakness DDX: Difference between revisions
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*'''Neuromuscular weakness''' | *'''Neuromuscular weakness''' | ||
**UMN: | **UMN: | ||
*** [[CVA (Main)]] | *** [[CVA (Main)|CVA]] | ||
*** [[Hemorrhagic stroke]] | *** [[Hemorrhagic stroke]] | ||
*** [[Multiple sclerosis]] | *** [[Multiple sclerosis]] | ||
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*'''Non-neuromuscular weakness''' | *'''Non-neuromuscular weakness''' | ||
**Can't miss diagnoses: | **Can't miss diagnoses: | ||
*** [[Acute Coronary Syndrome (Main)]] | *** [[Acute Coronary Syndrome (Main)|ACS]] | ||
*** Arrhythmia/[[Syncope]] | *** Arrhythmia/[[Syncope]] | ||
*** severe infection/[[Sepsis (Main)]] | *** severe infection/[[Sepsis (Main)|Sepsis]] | ||
*** [[Hypoglycemia]] | *** [[Hypoglycemia]] | ||
*** Periodic paralysis (electrolyte disturbance, K, Mg, Ca) | *** Periodic paralysis (electrolyte disturbance, K, Mg, Ca) | ||
Revision as of 20:43, 26 April 2016
Weakness
- Neuromuscular weakness
- UMN:
- Spinal cord disease:
- Infection (Epidural Abscess (Spinal))
- Infarction/ischemia
- Trauma (Spinal Cord Syndromes)
- Inflammation (Transverse Myelitis)
- Tumor
- Peripheral nerve disease:
- Guillain-Barre syndrome
- Toxins (Ciguatera)
- Tick paralysis
- DM neuropathy (non-emergent)
- NMJ disease:
- Muscle disease:
- Rhabdomyolysis
- Dermatomyositis
- Polymyositis
- Alcoholic myopathy
- Non-neuromuscular weakness
- Can't miss diagnoses:
- ACS
- Arrhythmia/Syncope
- severe infection/Sepsis
- Hypoglycemia
- Periodic paralysis (electrolyte disturbance, K, Mg, Ca)
- Respiratory failure
- Emergent Diagnoses:
- Symptomatic Anemia
- Severe dehydration
- Hypothyroidism
- Polypharmacy
- Malignancy
- Other causes of weakness and paralysis
- Acute intermittent porphyria (ascending weakness)
- Can't miss diagnoses: