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Causes of Dizziness - Vertigo and Lightheadedness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • True Vertigo - Illusion
Causes of Dizziness ... - Differential ... #Dizzy #Neurology ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Dizziness - Differential Diagnosis Framework
"Tell me what you mean by dizzy without using the word dizzy."
Vertigo:
Dizziness - Differential ... Vertigo: • Peripheral ... Presyncope: • Cardiac ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #neurology
Causes of Dizziness / Lightheadedness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Lightheaded, unsteady, disoriented - Non-vertigo
Organic Disease
 • Presyncope/Vasodepressor
Causes of Dizziness ... disoriented - Non-vertigo ... Vasodepressor Syncope • Cardiac ... Somatization #Dizzy ... Lightheadedness #Neurology
Causes of Dizziness - Vertigo - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
True Vertigo - Illusion of Rotary Movement
Peripheral Vestibular
- Vertigo - Differential ... Dysfunction - Imbalance, neurologic ... Hemorrhage #Dizzy ... #Neurology #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Peripheral and Central Causes of Vertigo
Peripheral Causes (Common):
 - Labyrinth: Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, Méniére disease,
- Vascular - Stroke ... Eric Strong @DrEricStrong ... - Strong Medicine ... #differential # ... diagnosis #neurology
Dizziness and Vertigo Algorithm
Presyncope:
 • Feels "faint" or like they are going to "pass out"
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Associated with nausea ... - Strong Medicine ... #Algorithm #dizzy ... #differential # ... diagnosis #neurology
Pulse Abnormalities - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unequal/DeIayed:
 • Obstructive arterial disease (ie. Atherosclerosis)
 • Aortic dissection
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Abnormalities - Differential ... pressure >10mmHg: • Cardiac ... followed by rapid collapse ... Disorders #Cardiology #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Heat Illnesses and Heat Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Heat Cramps:
 • Muscle pain or spasm -
- Differential ... Exercise Associated Collapse ... maintain adequate cardiac ... heat #illness #differential ... #diagnosis #causes
Causes of Ischemic Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Thrombosis - Atherosclerosis, Arterial Dissection, Fibromuscular Dysplasia
 - Large
Causes of Ischemic ... Stroke - Differential ... #Ischemic #Stroke ... #CVA #Neurology ... #Differential #
Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 • Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
narrowing and collapse ... or hemorrhagic stroke ... neurological symptoms • Caused ... Tuberculosis #diagnosis #differential ... #TB #neurology