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Diagnostic Algorithm for Dizziness and Vertigo
Peripheral Vertigo:
 • Attacks: Sudden, severe, can last anywhere from seconds
Diagnostic Algorithm ... Peripheral Vertigo ... test Méniére's disease ... Long symptom-free ... #Algorithm #differential
Causes of Dizziness - Vertigo - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
True Vertigo - Illusion of Rotary Movement
Peripheral Vestibular
- Differential ... Rotary Movement Peripheral ... • Meniere's Disease ... symptoms/signs, ... #Neurology #Differential
Causes of Peripheral and Central Vertigo
PERIPHERAL VERTIGO
1. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) - Short-lived (typically less
Causes of Peripheral ... PERIPHERAL VERTIGO ... Méniére's disease ... signs or symptoms ... #differential #
Characteristics of Peripheral and Central Vertigo
PERIPHERAL VERTIGO
 • Onset: Sudden
 • Intensity: Severe initially, often decreasing
Characteristics of Peripheral ... PERIPHERAL VERTIGO ... tinnitus (Méniére's disease ... #signs #symptoms ... #comparison #neurology
Causes of Dizziness / Lightheadedness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Lightheaded, unsteady, disoriented - Non-vertigo
Organic Disease
 • Presyncope/Vasodepressor
Diagnosis Algorithm ... disoriented - Non-vertigo ... Organic Disease ... • Anemia • Peripheral ... Lightheadedness #Neurology
Algorithm for the diagnostic evaluation of dizziness. (HINTS = head-impulse, nystagmus, test of skew.)
Questions regarding the
Findings from the ... of dizziness or vertigo ... Timing of the symptom ... that provoke the symptom ... #Differential #
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Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
neurodegenerative disease ... Constipation, Diarrhea ... Signs and symptoms ... Radiographic findings ... Laboratory findings
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
Cord Disorders - Differential ... signs below the ... Sarcoidosis, Behcet disease ... disorders #diagnosis #neurology ... #algorithm
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
clinical examination finding ... the pathologic finding ... fasciculations Common Symptoms ... conditions listed in differential ... Lateral #Sclerosis #neurology
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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Vasculitides - Differential ... glomeruli, and peripheral ... Presentation - Systemic Symptoms ... purpura: strong sign ... discrepancies Findings