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The head impulse test (HIT) result is positive (abnormal) in nearly all patients with a peripheral
with nystagmus. ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam ... #Central #HeadImpulse ... #Testing #HIT # ... HINTS
HINTS Exam - Unidirectional Nystagmus - Left-beating

In a patient with vertigo symptoms, this finding is reassuring
HINTS Exam - Unidirectional ... Nystagmus - Left-beating ... symptoms, this finding ... reassuring for a PERIPHERAL ... #HINTS #PhysicalExam
The HINTS Exam - Differentiating Central vs Peripheral Vertigo

Head Impulse Test
Nystagmus
Test of Skew

Animation by Dr. Y.
The HINTS Exam - ... Differentiating Central vs ... Impulse Test Nystagmus ... #Exam #PhysicalExam ... #Testing #Vertigo
Characteristics of Peripheral and Central Vertigo
PERIPHERAL VERTIGO
 • Onset: Sudden
 • Intensity: Severe initially, often decreasing
vestibular neuritis • Nystagmus ... forehead) in classic posterior ... vascular causes, such as ... with posterior ... circulation TIA • Nystagmus
Diagnostic algorithm for differentiating vestibular neuritis from stroke in patients with AVS. This sequence of testing
patients with AVS ... if the cause is peripheral ... Impulse Test, Nystagmus ... #Diagnosis #AVS ... #Posterior #CVA