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Dix-Hallpike Maneuver for BPPV

Procedure:
1. Make the patient sit on examination table, such that the shoulders would
for BPPV Procedure ... 45° towards the test ... throughout the test ... Supports the patient ... affected ear #Dix
Diagnostic Algorithm for Dizziness and Vertigo
Peripheral Vertigo:
 • Attacks: Sudden, severe, can last anywhere from seconds
auditory findings BPPV ... • Short-lived ... Positive Hallpike test ... or supine roll test ... Vertigo #Algorithm #differential
Hemolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

1) Environment
  - Fragmentation
  - MAHA: TTP, HUS, DIC, HELLP
Hemolysis - Differential ... MAHA: TTP, HUS, DIC ... Hypophostphatemia Laboratory ... Tests: - Haptoglobin ... #Hemolysis #Differential
Dix-Hallpike Maneuver for the Diagnosis of BPPV
The Dix–Hallpike test (Nylen Barany test) is a diagnostic maneuver
Dix-Hallpike Maneuver ... the Diagnosis of BPPV ... The Dix–Hallpike ... test (Nylen Barany ... test) is a diagnostic
Dix-Hallpike Maneuver for the Diagnosis of BPPV (Animated)

The Dix–Hallpike test (Nylen Barany test) is a diagnostic
Dix-Hallpike Maneuver ... the Diagnosis of BPPV ... test (Nylen Barany ... test) is a diagnostic ... identify posterior BPPV
Allopecia - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Hair Loss

Localized / Focal Hair Loss Pattern:
 • Scarring Alopecia:
Allopecia - Differential ... disease • Pull test ... texture at bald spots ... fungi Initial Laboratory ... Tests: • TSH
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
pathognomonic laboratory ... tests in Behcet ... syndrome (Clinical Dx ... is a skin prick test ... Behcet disease) Differential
1,3-Beta-D-Glucan and Galactomannan Testing Sensitivity Specificity and False Positives
1,3-Beta-D-Glucan
 • Cell wall component of many fungi
Spec 81% for dx ... of IA PPV ... the use of this test ... in BAL does not differentiate ... FalsePositives #Laboratory
RPR - False Positives
Causes of a false positive RPR that are not syphilis. (False-negative treponemal tests
False-negative treponemal tests ... are rare; case reports ... False #Positives #differential ... diagnosis #syphilis #laboratory