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Diagnostic Algorithm for Dizziness and Vertigo
Peripheral Vertigo:
 • Attacks: Sudden, severe, can last anywhere from seconds
Diagnostic Algorithm ... No auditory symptoms ... test Méniére's disease ... Long symptom-free ... Dizziness #Vertigo #Algorithm
Alzheimer’s Disease: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Risk factor for Late Onset Alzheimer's (99% of cases):
 - Increasing
Alzheimer’s Disease ... chromosome 21) Signs ... Aphasia, word-finding ... #diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis - Diagnosis Algorithm
Symptoms: Fatigue, Pruritus, Right upper quadrant discomfort
Signs: Jaundice, Xanthelasmata, Hepatomegaly
Associated history:
Cirrhosis - Diagnosis Algorithm ... Symptoms: Fatigue ... quadrant discomfort Signs ... of autoimmune disease ... Liver biopsy findings
Meralgia paresthetica: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Compression/injury of Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve (LFCN) -> Meralgia paresthetica
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Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings ... intervertebral disc disease ... MeralgiaParesthetica #MSK ... differential #diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms
Growth Hormone Excess - Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Acromegaly and gigantism share the same pathophysiology
Pathogenesis and clinical findings ... overgrowth: • Carpal ... Cardiovascular disease ... Overproduction #diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms #endocrinology
Characteristics of Peripheral and Central Vertigo
PERIPHERAL VERTIGO
 • Onset: Sudden
 • Intensity: Severe initially, often decreasing
classic posterior canal ... in horizontal canal ... None • Auditory Findings ... tinnitus (Méniére's disease ... #signs #symptoms
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
neurodegenerative disease ... /SYMPTOMS: • CENTRAL ... Signs and symptoms ... Radiographic findings ... Laboratory findings
Electrolyte imbalances are common findings in many diseases. The kidney is a principally responsible organ for
imbalances are common findings ... in many diseases ... broad range of signs ... and symptoms, from ... #electrolyte #algorithm
Trendelenburg Gait: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Skeletal Pathology of the Hip
 • Arthritis
 • Congenital hip dysplasia
Pathogenesis and clinical findings ... in the Spinal canal ... pathophysiology #causes #symptoms ... #signs #diagnosis ... #msk
Scoliosis: Pathogenesis and clinical findings (Cobb Angle > 10 Degrees)

 • Incr Axial rotation of thoracic
Pathogenesis and clinical findings ... Restrictive Pulmonary Disease ... pathophysiology #msk ... #diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms