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==Diagnosis==
==Diagnosis==
===UPPER MOTOR NEURON===
===Upper Motor Neuron===
* BRAIN
* BRAIN
**Weakness - variable
**Weakness - variable
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**Pain - +/-
**Pain - +/-


===LOWER MOTOR NEURON===
===Lower Motor Neuron===
* NERVE
* NERVE
**Weakness - distal and ascends
**Weakness - distal and ascends
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**Pain - no
**Pain - no


===END-PLATE/MUSCLE===
===End-Plate/Muscle===
* MOTOR END PLATE
* MOTOR END PLATE
**Weakness - head and descends
**Weakness - head and descends
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## Malignancy
## Malignancy


==EMERGENT THREAT/ED WORKUP==
==Emergent Threat/ED Workup==
# CORD
# CORD
## paralysis
## paralysis
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## serum K+
## serum K+


===INTUBATION INDICATIONS===
===Intubation Indications===
# Severe fatigue
# Severe fatigue
# Inability protect airway
# Inability protect airway

Revisión del 23:28 28 mar 2011

Background

Acute/Generalized

Workup

  1. cbc
  2. chem 10 (esp. K, Mg, Ca, Phos)
  3. ecg
  4. +/- CK (r/o myopathy)
  5. +/- FVC (eval impending resp failure, i.e. Myasthenia)
  6. +/- ABG/CT/LP/TSH/UA (rhabdo)

Diagnosis

Upper Motor Neuron

  • BRAIN
    • Weakness - variable
    • Bowel/Bladder -
    • Reflexes - increased
    • Sens - diminished
    • Pain - no
    • Asymmetric/unilateral
  • CORD
    • Weakness - fixed level
    • Bowel/Bladder - YES
    • Reflexes - increased
    • Sens - diminished
    • Pain - +/-

Lower Motor Neuron

  • NERVE
    • Weakness - distal and ascends
    • Bowel/Bladder - NO
    • Reflexes - diminished
    • Sens - nl/paresthesias
    • Pain - no

End-Plate/Muscle

  • MOTOR END PLATE
    • Weakness - head and descends
    • Bowel/Bladder - NO
    • Reflexes - nl/diminished
    • Sens - nl
    • Pain - no
  • MUSCLE
    • Weakness - proximal
    • Bowel/Bladder - NO
    • Reflexes - nl/diminished
    • Sens - nl
    • Pain - +/-

DDX

  1. UPPER
    1. Multiple sclerosis
    2. Poliomyelitis
    3. ALS (upper & lower motor)
  2. CORD
    1. Painful
      1. Cord compression
    2. Painless
      1. Transverse myelitis
      2. Spinal cord infarct
      3. Intramedullary tumor
  3. NERVE
    1. Guillian-Barre
    2. Toxic neuropthy (Ciguatera)
    3. Tick paralysis
    4. Diabetic neuropathy
    5. Porphyria
  4. MOTOR END PLATE
    1. Myasthenia gravis
    2. Botulism (descending)
    3. Organophosphate poisoning
    4. Lambert-Eaton
  5. MUSCLE
    1. Painful
      1. Rhabdo
      2. Alcoholic
      3. Myopathy
      4. Polymyositis
      5. Dermatomyositis
      6. Toxins
      7. Hypophos
      8. Hypo-kalemia
      9. Polymyalgia rheum
    2. Painless
      1. Familial periodic paralysis
      2. Endocrine
  6. MIXED
    1. Upper & Lower Motor Neuron
      1. ALS
    2. Sensory & Motor
  7. NON-NEUROMUSCULAR
    1. MI
    2. Resp failure
    3. Sepsis
    4. Dehydration
    5. Anxiety
    6. Fibromyalgia/chronic fatigue
    7. Malignancy

Emergent Threat/ED Workup

  1. CORD
    1. paralysis
    2. MRI, neurologist
  2. NERVE
    1. resp failure
    2. FEV1, airway mgt, ticks?, neurologist
  3. MOTOR END PLATE
    1. resp failure
    2. FEV1, airway mgt, Tensilon Test?
  4. MUSCLE
    1. Rhabdo
    2. urine myoglobin, serum CK, BUN/Cr
    3. serum K+

Intubation Indications

  1. Severe fatigue
  2. Inability protect airway
  3. Rapidly increasing PaCO2
  4. Hypoxemia despite O2
  5. FVC <12 mL/kg
  6. Neg Insp Force <20 cm H2O

Source

2/26/06 DONALDSON (adapted from Rosen, Lampe, Birnbaumer)

adapted from Hockberger