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Diagnostic Algorithm for Dizziness and Vertigo
Peripheral Vertigo:
 • Attacks: Sudden, severe, can last anywhere from seconds
Diagnostic Algorithm ... with vascular causes ... BPPV • Short-lived ... Hearing loss. ... Long symptom-free
Causes of Peripheral and Central Vertigo
PERIPHERAL VERTIGO
1. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) - Short-lived (typically less
Causes of Peripheral ... (BPPV) - Short-lived ... (typically less ... Vascular disorders ... #diagnosis #neurology
Dizziness and Vertigo Algorithm
Presyncope:
 • Feels "faint" or like they are going to "pass out"
 •
Associated with loss ... Associated with nausea ... without faintness or loss ... #differential #diagnosis ... #neurology #management
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
- Differential Diagnosis ... : INR/PT, aPTT(liver ... pylori test (GI symptoms ... (CVID, WAS), (neurologic ... bypass), LFT (liver
Characteristics of Peripheral and Central Vertigo
PERIPHERAL VERTIGO
 • Onset: Sudden
 • Intensity: Severe initially, often decreasing
disease) and hearing loss ... with vascular causes ... #diagnosis #findings ... #signs #symptoms ... #comparison #neurology
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
Spinal Cord Disorders ... - Differential Diagnosis ... injury • Gait is abnormal ... Non-compressive Spinal Cord Causes ... #diagnosis #neurology
Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AION) - Recognition of giant cell arteritis (GCA)

1) Is visual loss caused
1) Is visual loss ... caused by AION? ... acute ischemic disorder ... efficacy of GCs Abnormal ... Ophthalmology #Diagnosis
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
conjunction with symptoms ... several common and less ... Inflammatory causes ... optica spectrum disorder ... BEE #Syndromes #neurology
Cauda Equina Syndrome
Causes:
 • Large lumbar degenerative disc herniation (central)
 • Severe lumbar spondylosis
 • Neoplasm
Equina Syndrome Causes ... • Areflexia (loss ... of normal leg reflexes ... CaudaEquina #Syndrome #MSK ... pathophysiology #diagnosis
Inherited Non-hemolytic Disorders of Hyperbilirubinemia 

== Disorders of Conjugation ==
Gilbert Syndrome:
 • 5-10% of the population
of about 30% of normal ... of hemolysis or liver ... examination; nonspecific symptoms ... and stress may cause ... bilirubin #hepatology #diagnosis