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Dizziness - Differential Diagnosis Framework
"Tell me what you mean by dizzy without using the word dizzy."
Vertigo:
Dizziness - Differential ... Presyncope: • Cardiac ... CO poisoning, Post-traumatic ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #neurology
Stroke Mimics - Differential Diagnosis - MINT Mnemonic
 • Metabolic: Hyper-glycemia, Hypoglycemia, Wernicke's encephalopathy, Mitochondrial Encephalopathy
Differential Diagnosis ... CNS abscess • Neurologic ... : Seizure w/ post-ictal ... #Mimics #CVA #Differential ... MINT #Mnemonic #neurology
BEHIND - Stroke Mimics Mnemonic
Brain: Mass, Hemorrhage, Contusion
Epilepsy: Post Ictal State, 
Hyponatremia, Hypogycemia
Intoxication, Infection
Neuro: Migraine, Multiple
BEHIND - Stroke ... Contusion Epilepsy: Post ... DrBasulaib #BEHIND #Stroke ... Mnemonic #CVA #Neurology ... #Diagnosis #Differential
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 #
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"
 •
Eric Strong @DrEricStrong ... - Strong Medicine ... Vertigo #Algorithm #dizzy ... #differential # ... diagnosis #neurology
Pulse Abnormalities - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unequal/DeIayed:
 • Obstructive arterial disease (ie. Atherosclerosis)
 • Aortic dissection
 •
Abnormalities - Differential ... pressure >10mmHg: • Cardiac ... (delayed/slow upstroke ... followed by rapid collapse ... Disorders #Cardiology #Differential
Causes of Facial Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Forehead Sparing = Central cause
  - Most commonly
Facial Weakness - Differential ... Central cause - Most ... commonly stroke ... Facial #Weakness #Differential ... Algorithm #Causes #neurology
Undifferentiated critical congenital heart disease: Patterns of Presentation 
Pink baby:
 • Presents at 1-6 mo
determines if cardiac ... source • Pre/post ... blue baby defects most ... • Circulatory collapse ... #presentation #Differential
Causes of Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Primary Myocardial Processes (> 90%):
 • Acquired structural heart disease: CAD, Most
Causes of Sudden Cardiac ... disease: CAD, Most ... Eric Strong @DrEricStrong ... - Strong Medicine ... Arrest #cardiology #differential