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Dizziness - Differential Diagnosis Framework
"Tell me what you mean by dizzy without using the word dizzy."
Vertigo:
Dizziness - Differential ... Disease • Central: Stroke ... Presyncope: • Cardiac ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #neurology
Causes of Dizziness / Lightheadedness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Lightheaded, unsteady, disoriented - Non-vertigo
Organic Disease
 • Presyncope/Vasodepressor
Lightheadedness - Differential ... Vasodepressor Syncope • Cardiac ... Somatization #Dizzy ... Lightheadedness #Neurology ... #Differential #
Heat Illnesses and Heat Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Heat Cramps:
 • Muscle pain or spasm -
Heat Stroke - Differential ... Exercise Associated Collapse ... maintain adequate cardiac ... Exertional Heat Stroke ... #differential #
Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm and Management
Hemorrhagic:
 • Intracerebral: HTN, Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy, Trauma, Bleeding Diathesis,
Stroke - Differential ... Atherosclerosis • Embolic: Cardiac ... Medicine @SCVMCMed #Stroke ... #CVA #Differential ... Algorithm #management #neurology
Dizziness and Vertigo Algorithm
Presyncope:
 • Feels "faint" or like they are going to "pass out"
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Eric Strong @DrEricStrong ... - Strong Medicine ... Vertigo #Algorithm #dizzy ... #differential # ... diagnosis #neurology
Generalized Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework
"l feel weak":
 • Infectious: Influenza, EBV, PNA, Bacteremia, Sepsis
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Generalized Weakness - Differential ... Rhabdomyolysis, Critical illness ... • Neuro: UMN (stroke ... Generalized #Weakness #Differential ... Diagnosis #causes #neurology
Pulse Abnormalities - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unequal/DeIayed:
 • Obstructive arterial disease (ie. Atherosclerosis)
 • Aortic dissection
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Abnormalities - Differential ... pressure >10mmHg: • Cardiac ... (delayed/slow upstroke ... followed by rapid collapse ... Disorders #Cardiology #Differential
Causes of Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Congenital Anomaly / Disorder:
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Infancy (SUDI) - Differential ... Disorder: • Cardiac ... Anomaly • Cardiac ... Arrhythmia • Neurologic ... Other: • Acute Illness
Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 • Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
narrowing and collapse ... Worsening of previous neurologic ... or hemorrhagic stroke ... Tuberculosis #diagnosis #differential ... #TB #neurology
Causes of Unintentional Weight Loss - Differential Diagnosis
Malignancy 
 - Tumor effect* (esp. Gl, lung, lymphoma)
Weight Loss - Differential ... Non-Malignant Gl Illness ... insecurity Chronic illness ... Heart failure ("cardiac ... Unintentional #Differential