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Stroke Evaluation and Management Algorithm

Clinical suspicion of stroke (BE FAST)
 • Balance loss
 • Eyes: vision
and Management Algorithm ... vision loss • Facial ... #Management #Algorithm ... #diagnosis #differential ... #neurology #CVA
Causes of Facial Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Forehead Sparing = Central cause
  - Most commonly
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Forehead ... Most commonly stroke ... Forehead involved = Peripheral ... #neurology #sparing
Types of Facial Paralysis - Peripheral vs Central Lesions

Facial weakness or paralysis may result either from
result either from ... nerve, anywhere from ... pathways, as in a stroke ... #Bells #Palsy #Neurology ... #Diagnosis *
Mechanisms of Pain
Mixed - Nociceptive/Neuropathic
Nociceptive - Tissue Damage
 - Visceral - (From organ/cavity lining) Poorly localized,
- Visceral - (From ... lancinating - Peripheral ... Limb • Post-stroke ... Pain #Mechanisms #Neurology ... #Algorithm #Causes
Diagnostic algorithm for differentiating vestibular neuritis from stroke in patients with AVS. This sequence of testing
Diagnostic algorithm ... vestibular neuritis from ... components: targeted neurologic ... testing gait in any dizzy ... #Posterior #CVA