Psychogenic weakness

19/04/2023 by Bob Dunn

The Peripheral nervous system examination page has been updated with additional information about psychogenic weakness.

Seizures

Psychogenic sensory loss

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Associate Professor Robert Dunn

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Associate Professor Meredith Borland
Dr Deborah O'Brien
Dr Stuart Dilley
Dr Jennifer Brookes
Associate Professor Deborah Leach

Formula of the day

Metabolic acidosis: Expected pCO2 is roughly 1.5 X HCO3 + 8 (± 5 at least!)

Medical wisdom

Isolation of the ‘root cause’ of an accident is not possible. The evaluations based on such reasoning as ‘root cause’ do not reflect a technical understanding of the nature of failure but rather the social, cultural need to blame specific, localized forces or events for outcomes.

The version of the Manual I use the most is

Version 1
Version 2
I use both versions roughly equally

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