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Causes of Dizziness - Vertigo - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
True Vertigo - Illusion of Rotary Movement
Peripheral Vestibular
Causes of Dizziness ... Temporal Bone Fracture ... • Ethanol - Trauma ... • Cerebellar Hemorrhage ... Dizziness #Vertigo #Neurology
Orthopedic Essentials - Spinal Trauma and Spine Classification 
DENIS THREE COLUMN CONCEPT
Anterior column:
Essentials - Spinal Trauma ... CLASSIFICATION OF SPINAL TRAUMA ... : Don't cause spinal ... deformity or neurologic ... #Trauma #Spine
Causes of Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Always assess for red flags. If no red flags,
Causes of Back Pain ... Flags: bowel or bladder ... pain, high energy trauma ... of neoplasm • Fracture ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Traumatic Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Surface Injury:
 • Corneal Abrasion
 • Ultraviolet Keratitis
 • Chemical
alkali) Blunt Trauma ... Rim/Mid-facial Fracture ... Orbital Floor Fracture ... Hyphema, history of trauma ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Diplopia - Double Vision - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical Pearls:
 • Diplopia is almost always binocular.
 •
Neurologic ... a mass as the cause ... Orbital Floor Fracture ... • Subdural Hemorrhage ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Fractured foley catheter in male patient on Bladder Ultrasound

Potential causes of catheter trauma: excessive force, kinking,
Fractured foley ... male patient on Bladder ... Ultrasound Potential ... causes of catheter ... trauma: excessive
Causes of Urinary Tract Obstruction - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Upper Tract - Bladder NOT distended on ultrasound,
Causes of Urinary ... NOT distended on ultrasound ... on ultrasound, ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #Urology
Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
gross hematuria Bladder ... • Cystitis • Bladder ... Renal/Ureter/Bladder ... Malignancy • Trauma ... #urology #nephrology
Unilateral Fixed Dilated Pupil - Differential Diagnosis Framework
If Altered Mental Status - Consider Oculomotor (3rd cranial
, lntracranial hemorrhage ... no neurological cause ... , consider: • Trauma ... differential #diagnosis #neurology
Causes of Altered Level of Consciousness GCS < 7 - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Brain Involvement - Hemispheric
Causes of Altered ... Hemispheric • Hemorrhage ... Abscess • Skull fracture ... Brain Stem • Hemorrhage ... Involvement - Other • Trauma