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Causes of Dizziness - Vertigo - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
True Vertigo - Illusion of Rotary Movement
Peripheral Vestibular
Causes of Dizziness ... - Vertigo - Differential ... Peripheral Vestibular Dysfunction ... Central Vestibular Dysfunction ... Space-Occupying Lesion
Tinnitus - Subjective (heard only by patient) - 90% - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unilateral On Audiogram -
patient) - 90% - Differential ... • Metabolic Causes ... : Thyroid Dysfunction ... hearing #subjective #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
Causes of spinal ... • Extrinsic Causes ... weakness - Bladder dysfunction ... - Sphincter dysfunction ... #differential #
Causes, classification and compensatory responses to shock.

Shock can be caused by any pathological process that leads
Causes, classification ... Shock can be caused ... vasodilatation, myocardial dysfunction ... CriticalCare #Shock #Differential ... #Classification
Male Sexual and Erectile Dysfunction - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Erectile Dysfunction
 - Psychological
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Sexual and Erectile Dysfunction ... - Differential ... Psychological • Performance ... #Male #Differential ... endocrinology #causes
Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS)
(aka: Landry–Guillain–Barré–Strohl syndrome:
	Most common cause of acute flaccid paralysis
	Rapidly progressive ascending paralysis & areflexia
	Autonomic
 Most common cause ... Differential diagnosis ... hyperreflexia, multiple lesions ... cranial nerve dysfunction ... hyperreflexia, spinal cord lesion
Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 • Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
bladder/bowel dysfunction ... ring-enhanced lesion ... ring-enhancement lesion ... neurological symptoms • Caused ... Tuberculosis #diagnosis #differential
Classification of Jaundice
Unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia (predominantly indirect bilirubin)
 • Increased bilirubin production (eg, hemolytic anemias, hemolytic reactions,
Classification of ... Hepatocellular Dysfunction ... #Jaundice #Classification ... #unconjugated #differential ... #causes
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
Cord Disorders - Differential ... the site of a lesion ... Non-compressive Spinal Cord Causes ... Bowel and bladder dysfunction ... diagnosis #neurology #differential
Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
renal tubular dysfunction ... Hypomagnesemia #Differential ... Magnesium #Table #Classification ... #Causes #Workup