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PATIENT AGE >2 Years - Pediatric Blunt Head Trauma (PECARN Study) #Diagnosis #Management #Peds #EM #Algorithm
Pediatric Blunt Head ... Study) #Diagnosis #Management ... #Peds #EM #Algorithm ... #HeadTrauma #HeadCT ... #PECARN #ALiEM
PATIENT AGE <2 Years - Pediatric Blunt Head Trauma (PECARN Study) #Diagnosis #Management #Peds #EM #Algorithm
Pediatric Blunt Head ... Study) #Diagnosis #Management ... #Peds #EM #Algorithm ... #HeadTrauma #HeadCT ... #PECARN #ALiEM
Causes of Dizziness - Vertigo - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
True Vertigo - Illusion of Rotary Movement
Peripheral Vestibular
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Benign Paroxysmal Positional ... Dysfunction - Imbalance, neurologic ... Cerebellopontine Angle ... Dizziness #Vertigo #Neurology
Diagnostic Algorithm for Dizziness and Vertigo
Peripheral Vertigo:
 • Attacks: Sudden, severe, can last anywhere from seconds
Diagnostic Algorithm ... Can worsen with head ... position change ... • Short-lived, positional ... Positive head impulse
Epley Maneuver for Treatment of BPPV
1) The patient begins in an upright sitting posture, and the
posture, and the head ... with the head held ... at a 45-degree angle ... #vertigo #neurology ... #physicalexam #management
Orthostatic Hypotension Management Algorithm
 • Hypovolemic?  Yes → Resuscitate
 • Volume Overloaded? No → Fludrocortisone
Algorithm • Hypovolemic ... intravascular volume • Head-up-tilt ... (HUT) position ... muscles (party position ... #Algorithm #treatment
Drop Arm Test 1. Position patient's arm fully abducted so hand is over the head. 2.
Position patient's ... hand is over the head ... Supraspinatus #RotatorCuff ... Test #DropArm #ALiEM
Dizziness and Vertigo Algorithm
Presyncope:
 • Feels "faint" or like they are going to "pass out"
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Dizziness and Vertigo Algorithm ... movement of the head ... Dizziness #Vertigo #Algorithm ... differential #diagnosis #neurology ... #management
13 Dangerous Causes of Headache:
 - subarachnoid hemorrhage: family history, PCKD, known berry aneurysm, sudden and
instrumentation, recent head ... morning, worse with head ... in dependent position ... work) - acute angle ... thrombophilia, neurologic
Brandt Daroff Exercise for Treatment of BPPV
This maneuver resembles the Semont maneuver. Also, this maneuver is
upright, seated position ... . 2) Tilt your head ... around a 45-degree angle ... #vertigo #neurology ... #physicalexam #management