Tag: Workups
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Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC)
Introduction Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) is a very serious and life-threatining coagulation cascade disorder that is sometimes seen in patients with severe physiologic stressors such as sepsis, obstetric complications (for example, placental abruption, retained products of conception, or amniotic fluid embolization) or major tissue injury from trauma, burns, shock, snake bites, or malignancy (for example, acute promyelocytic leukemia).…
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Weakness: An Approach
As a first step, neuromuscular weakness should be distinguished from its mimics, which are: Mental fatigue bradykinesia Decreased range of motion Depression Movement limited by pain. “Abnormal fatigability of striated muscle is the cardinal manifestation of disorders of the neuromuscular junction. Exercise-dependent weakness often affects the extraocular muscles first, causing ptosis or diplopia, as the…