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Causes of Dizziness - Vertigo - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
True Vertigo - Illusion of Rotary Movement
Peripheral Vestibular
Causes of Dizziness ... unidirectonal nystagmus ... Media • Temporal Bone ... Fracture Central ... symptoms/signs,
Lateral Medullary Syndrome - Wallenberg's Syndrome
Acute continuous vertigo due to Posterior Circulation Stroke (usually Posterior Inferior
Acute continuous ... Clinical Findings: • Nausea ... vomiting/vertigo/nystagmus ... Palatal myoclonus - Central ... #Wallenbergs #neurology
Characteristics of Peripheral and Central Vertigo
PERIPHERAL VERTIGO
 • Onset: Sudden
 • Intensity: Severe initially, often decreasing
Peripheral and Central ... labyrinthitis) CENTRAL ... with vascular causes ... #Peripheral #Central ... diagnosis #findings #signs
Vertical Nystagmus on Slit Lamp Ocular Examination

Often an indicator of a central lesion. This patient was
Vertical Nystagmus ... on Slit Lamp Ocular ... indicator of a central ... PhysicalExam #clinical #video ... #neurology #SlitLamp
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... osmolarity If cause ... clinical context and signs ... syndrome: troponin ... #causes
One and a Half Syndrome on Physical Exam

This 28 year old patient presented to clinic with
One and a Half Syndrome ... A nystagmus in far ... the follow up video ... #ophthalmology ... #neurology
NINDS Diagnostic Criteria for Guillain Barre Syndrome 
Features Required for Guillain-Barré Syndrome:
 • Progressive muscle weakness
weakness of more than one ... sensory level • Central ... nervous system signs ... hexacarbon abuse • Acute ... diagnosis #criteria #neurology
Signs and Symptoms Associated With Different Headache Etiologies
 • Nonfocal mental status changes - Meningitis, encephalitis,
Signs and Symptoms ... Etiologies • Nonfocal mental ... poisoning • Mental ... , central venous ... #headache #signs
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
evaluation should be done ... hypertension and signs ... heart failure, neurologic ... bruit or signs ... Neurologic disorders
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
disease of the central ... • Or brainstem syndromes ... /SYMPTOMS: • CENTRAL ... Incontinence • VISUAL: Nystagmus ... symptoms) • Acute