Neurology

A 37 year old male presents to the outpatient clinic reporting several months history of low libido and headaches. Recently, he has also noticed a progressive loss of vision and bumping into objects frequently...

‼️#Tweetorial Time‼️

“Spinal Cord Vascular Supply”

For my pub in @NeurologyCP I reviewed the vasc supply of this small space in the CNS!

https://cp.neurology.org/content/early/2020/10/19/CPJ.0000000000000995

@MedTweetorials @RealDrHu @RyanBPetersonMD @Gradydoctor @EmmGeezee @Tracey1milligan @AaronLBerkowitz #MedEd
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Last night on @UnremarkableLab w/ @UABIMRes
and @medrants there was a patient who presented with aphasia and his BP was extremely elevated >250 systolic. What is the ddx here?

1. Hemorrhagic stroke
2. Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome
3. Hypertensive Emergency

#Tweetorial! Continuing with the #NeuroBootCamp my co-chiefs and I are leading @EmoryNeurology on #NeuroEmergencies, today’s #MedEd topic will be:
“Myasthenic Crisis”

Keep in mind I’m approaching this with my #NeuroCritCare hat on @MedTweetorials
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Check out the new handout on #Stroke 👇 or follow along below for a quick #Medtweetorial

Ischemic stroke is very common and a major source of morbidity and mortality. In the US alone, the lifetime risk for all adults is 25%. https://twitter.com/EMBoardBombs/status/1316695461680558086

The Glasgow Coma Scale is a widespread and important tool for discussing conscious level. After all, "what's the GCS?", barked the stereotypical neurosurgeon at the cowering FY1. But why?!

Well, I can't answer that. But let's think about the GCS in this #tweetorial. #MedEd 1/15

A Teal pain in the neck:

Follow along for a short #medtweetorial on #CervicalArteryDissection

or see the full handout here https://www.emboardbombs.com/s/Cervical-Artery-dissection.pdf

from @EMBoardBombs @blakebriggsMD @IltifatMD

Are you captivated by the new @Netflix series #AwayNetflix (caution: spoilers!) but have no idea what’s going on with the subplot about the #stroke? This #Tweetorial may be for you.

#Medtweetorial
It’s time for #SpacedRepetition: @CPSolvers
Student VMR 08/23/20: https://clinicalproblemsolving.com/morning-report-august-23-2020/
Chat recap of #ClinicalPearls #VirtualMorningReport
First week of Sub-I done!

1️⃣ in 🔟 people will have a seizure in their lifetime. Many times they’re told “everyone is allowed one seizure” and meds aren’t started until a second seizure. But why is this?

#neurotwitter #tweetorial

So fun last week kicking off @EmoryNeurology #EEGLongitudinalCourse; couldn’t stump these smart 🧠s at all! They seemed to like this trusty #mnemonic I made as a PGY2, so here’s my 1st #tweetorial on using CSF-VOR to analyze the EEG background
@MonicaDhakar @RebeccaFasanoMD
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1/ Going to share my favorite basic brainstem anatomy that I use to teach med students on the wards. Sometimes simple 'rules of thumb' can get you far. Slides adapted from Gates, P. IMJ 2005. #MedTwitter #neurotwitter #tweetorial

Ok! Let's talk about seizures and epilepsy in the setting of HIV

#NeuroTwitter #epilepsy #MedTwitter #MedStudentTwitter
@MedTweetorials @AmEpilepsySoc

Thanks to @o_siddiqi @BirbeckGretchen
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3744057/