Approach to the adult with weakness in the emergency department

ICH: intracerebral hemorrhage; GBS: Guillan-Barré syndrome; ACS: acute coronary syndrome; UMN: upper motor neuron; CN: cranial nerve; LMN: lower motor neuron; LE: lower extremities; UE: upper extremities; NMJ: neuromuscular junction; MG: myasthenia gravis.

Adapted from: Asimos AW. Weakness: A systematic approach to acute, non-traumatic, neurologic and neuromuscular causes. Emerg Med Pract 2002; 4:1.

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