NBME Step 2 CK Form 6 Electromyography and nerve conduction studies (NBME Answers)

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NBME Step 2 CK Form 6 Answers

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A previously healthy 27-year-old woman is ...
Electromyography and nerve conduction studies 🔍 / 📺 / 🌳 / 📖
tags: Neuro

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"Nerve conduction studies (NCS) and needle electromyography (EMG) are valuable for confirming the diagnosis of GBS and for providing some information regarding prognosis. In addition, electrodiagnostic studies are useful in classifying the main variants of GBS as demyelinating (eg, acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy) or axonal (eg, acute motor axonal neuropathy" UTD

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Classic Guillain Barre Syndrome.

Diagnostic studies that can be done include: CSF Analysis, Nerve conduction studies, Serum antibodies to GQ1b, and MRI.

However, I guess Nerve Conduction Studies are done first.

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