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Hearing Loss - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hearing Loss Types:
• Conductive
• Sensorineural
• Mixed
Presbycusis is the most common type
- Differential Diagnosis ... The evaluation should ... include a: • Neurologic ... audiometry • Patients should ... auditory nerve (CN
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... skin injury) • Neurologic ... Behcet syndrome (Clinical ... that can confirm ... Giant retinal tears
Epley Maneuver for Treatment of BPPV
1) The patient begins in an upright sitting posture, and the
patient rolls onto his ... /her shoulder; The ... paroxysmal #positional #vertigo ... #neurology #instructions ... #clinical #video
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
should be obtained ... : HIV test, a rubella ... (to support a diagnosis ... ANA and RF (if clinical ... laboratory #workup #diagnosis
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
tuberculosis infections/year ... characteristic features Clinical ... -> Miliary TB Can ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... patients should
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
tuberculosis infections/year ... characteristic features Clinical ... -> Miliary TB Can ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... patients should
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
activation of an ... Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... negative, MOG-IgG test ... should be ordered ... #management #neurology
Semont Liberatory Maneuver for Treatment of BPPV
1) The patient is seated upright on the side of
affected right ear ... degree angle toward his ... This maneuver is popular ... #neurology #instructions ... #clinical #video
Semont Liberatory Maneuver for Treatment of BPPV
1) The patient is seated upright on the side of
affected right ear ... degree angle toward his ... This maneuver is popular ... #neurology #instructions ... #clinical #video
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
per 100,000 per year ... Immune response can ... week • Weakness can ... and sensitive tests ... #management #neurology