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Differentiating Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) From Vestibular Neuritis-Labyrinthitis
BENIGN PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGO
 • Age: More common
Differentiating Benign ... BENIGN PAROXYSMAL ... ) • Epley maneuver ... saccade seen) • Epley ... diagnosis #neurology #comparison
Peripheral Vertigo
Time course and symptoms characteristics are very helpful in distinguishing between causes of peripheral vertigo.
Benign
Benign Paroxysmal ... movements Vestibular Neuritis ... Peripheral #Vertigo #differential ... #diagnosis #comparison
Causes of Peripheral and Central Vertigo

Peripheral Vertigo:
 - Benign Positional Vertigo
 - Vestibular Neuronitis
 - Meniere's
Peripheral Vertigo: - Benign ... - Vestibular Neuronitis ... #PrimaryCare #Differential
Hyperaldosteronism - Etiologies of Mineralocorticoid Excess

Primary Hyperaldosteronism (Normal or Low Renin, High Aldosterone) 
 - Aldosterone-secreting
(Normal or Low Renin ... (Normal or Low Renin ... Hyperaldosteronism #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Renin ... #Aldosterone #Comparison
Peripheral and Central Causes of Vertigo
Peripheral Causes (Common):
 - Labyrinth: Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, Méniére disease,
- Labyrinth: Benign ... VIII): Vestibular neuritis ... Central #Causes #differential
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
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Interstitial nephritis ... Retroperitoneal fibrosis Benign ... Postrenal #Failure #Differential
Etiologies of Hypoaldosteronism

Hyporeninemic Hypoaldosteronism (Low Renin, Low Aldosterone)
 - Diabetic Nephropathy 
 - NSAIDs
Non-Hyporeninemic Hypoaldosteronism (Normal
Normal or High Renin ... Normal or High Renin ... Hypoaldosteronism #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Renin ... #Aldosterone #Comparison
Causes of Dizziness - Vertigo - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
True Vertigo - Illusion of Rotary Movement
Peripheral Vestibular
Dizziness - Vertigo - Differential ... nystagmus • Benign ... Labrynthitis/Vestibular Neuronitis ... Vertigo #Neurology #Differential
Hyperkalemia: Diagnostic algorithm
Decreased renal potassium excretion
 • Acute renal failure
 • Chronic renal failure
 • Drugs
Increased
• Interstitial nephritis ... Diabetic Nephropathy Renin ... Normal, Renin High ... nephrology #potassium #differential
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Kidney Injury AKI - Differential ... Prostatic enlargement (benign ... Acute Interstitial Nephritis ... #KidneyInjury #Differential