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The Approach to Neuromuscular Weakness
Weakness is a common, though sometimes vague, presenting symptom in the ED. Neuromuscular (NM) weakness can have various causes, ranging from common and relatively easy to diagnose conditions (such as strokes and trauma) to less common and more difficult to diagnose ones (such as vascular pathologies, infections, autoimmune diseases, and neoplasms). This post focuses on how to localize weakness to differentiate types of NM weakness and presents classic cases of diffuse weakness caused by three diseases.
Grand Rounds Recap 4.27.22
This week’s Grand Rounds featured fantastic discussions covering the breadth of pathology we see in the ED each day. Join us as Dr. Urbanowicz shares case-based insights in this month’s Morbidity and Mortality Conference, Dr. Haffner walks us through the various etiologies and management for lymphedema and its mimics, Drs. Stark and Koehler go head to head in a CPC case of HSV meningoencephalitis, and Drs. Chuko, Crawford, and Ijaz focus on cardiology in R3 small groups with lessons on transvenous pacing from Dr. Crawford.
Grand Rounds Recap 01.06.2021
The first grand rounds of 2021 offered many learning points to help us ring in the New Year! Dr. Neel from the Department of Neurology gave us some great tips on the neurologic exam and some quick hits on neuromuscular diseases. The residents then worked together to come up with some challenging diagnoses. The day was rounded off with oral boards preparation with cases of: pediatric appendicitis, stroke in a non-stroke center, and a PE with an underlying malignancy.