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Hearing Loss - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hearing Loss Types:
• Conductive
• Sensorineural
• Mixed
Presbycusis is the most common type
Family history of ear ... • Outer Ear: ... externa • Middle Ear ... cause unknown) ... ○ Barotrauma, ear
Conductive Hearing Loss - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Normal Otoscopy - Middle Ear:
 • Otosclerosis
 • Congenital (Ossicular
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Otoscopy - Middle Ear ... Otoscopy - External Ear ... Dermatologic Middle Ear ... #Causes
Conductive vs Sensorineural Hearing Loss on Physical Exam
Weber Test:
 • Normal: Sound is equal bilaterally
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lateralizes to impaired ear ... lateralizes to good ear ... Rinne Test: ... lateralizes to impaired ear ... lateralizes to good ear
Subjective Tinnitus: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Subjective Tinnitus - Perceived sound with no acoustic stimulus, heard only
refers to sound caused ... structures in or near ... the ear, perceived ... #Tinnitus #Causes
Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary Otalgia 
 - Pain that originates from the ear
Ear Pain (Otalgia ... originates from the ear ... on the external ear ... , sparing the ear ... and ear canal
Ultrasound-Guided Regional Nerve Blocks in Emergency Medicine: Superficial Cervical Plexus Nerve Block
Uses in the Emergency Department:
Plexus Nerve Block Uses ... Department: Lower ear ... ultrasound #anesthesia #pocus
Pediatric Vomiting - Gastrointestinal and Systemic Causes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hepatobiliary:
 • Acute Hepatitis
 • Acute
Gastrointestinal and Systemic Causes ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Vestibular (Inner Ear ... ): • Ear Infection ... #Causes #Peds #
Syphilis Diagnostic Algorithm
 • Syphilis (TP) EIA
 • RPR
 • A different treponemal specific test (TPPA)

ID
Syphilis Diagnostic Algorithm ... Syphilis (TP) EIA ... treponemal specific test ... Syphilis #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Dix-Hallpike Maneuver for BPPV

Procedure:
1. Make the patient sit on examination table, such that the shoulders would
examination with the ear ... ear, by holding ... affected right ear ... toward the affected ear ... toward the affected ear
Adrenal Insufficiency Diagnosis Algorithm - Evaluation of HPA Axis Response to ACTH

Early am cortisol < 3
Insufficiency Diagnosis Algorithm ... unclear (often the case ... Standard Stim test ... Insufficiency #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Stimulation #Test