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#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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“Myasthenic Crisis”
Keep in mind I’m approaching this with my #NeuroCritCare hat on @MedTweetorials
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Some basic background info: Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder causing faulty neuromuscular junction transmission. Typically due to one of the following antibodies:
-AchR
-MuSK
-LRP4
-Can be seronegative
20% have crisis within 1st yr of diagnosis!
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-AchR
-MuSK
-LRP4
-Can be seronegative
20% have crisis within 1st yr of diagnosis!
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Clinically Myasthenia manifests itself with ptosis, fatigable weakness, eye movement abnormalities, and in the case of crisis- respiratory compromise.
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