Neurology
The nervous system, neurological disease, and clinical reasoning.
Multiple Sclerosis
Updated:~2 min read8 SatellitesThe most common inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central nervous system; what defines it, how its phenotypes differ, and how diagnosis and treatment fit together.
Hyperkinetic Movement Disorders
Updated:~2 min read3 SatellitesExcessive involuntary movements from disinhibited motor circuits, the sleep behavior that helps separate them from other events, and the route through classification, chorea spectrum, and tremor notes.
Neurological Dysphagia
~2 min read3 SatellitesWhat neurogenic dysphagia is, why nervous-system lesions disrupt swallowing at many levels, and how the clinical, diagnostic, and management notes fit together.
Neuropathies
~1 min read8 SatellitesWhat peripheral neuropathy is, how its patterns differ, and which companion note to read for mechanisms, entrapment, classification, causes, diagnosis, and treatment.
Respiratory Problems in Neurological Disorders
~5 min readWhy neurological disease causes breathing failure through pump weakness rather than lung disease, and how assessment, cough care, ventilation, and team planning fit together.
Cerebrovascular Disorders
Updated:~2 min read7 SatellitesThe umbrella family of brain blood-supply disorders and the route through ischemic, hemorrhagic, venous, and preventive notes.
CNS Infections
Updated:~1 min read5 SatellitesThe family of brain, spinal cord, and meningeal infections, how meningitis, encephalitis, abscess, and prion disease differ, and the route through each companion note.
Myasthenia Gravis
~4 min read3 SatellitesFatigable weakness from autoimmune attack on the muscle endplate: antibody subtypes, thymus disease, clinical patterns, and the route through diagnosis, treatment, and the LEMS comparison.
Dermatomyositis
~3 min read3 SatellitesThe inflammatory muscle disease with a rash, its mechanism and subtypes, how it differs from polymyositis and inclusion body myositis, and the route through diagnosis and treatment.
Muscle Disorders in Adults
~5 min read6 SatellitesHow adult myopathies are recognised, how they differ from junction and motor neuron mimics, and the route through each companion note.
Delirium
Updated:~1 min read5 SatellitesWhat delirium is and which companion note to read for its appearance, mechanisms, recognition, workup, management, and outlook.
Dementia
Updated:~1 min read7 SatellitesA chronic progressive syndrome of cognitive decline, its main causes, and the route through each companion note.