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Causes of Dizziness - Vertigo - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
True Vertigo - Illusion of Rotary Movement
Peripheral Vestibular
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Peripheral Vestibular Dysfunction ... Temporal Bone Fracture ... • Ethanol - Trauma ... #Causes
Vascular Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
 - Constant Pain (Ischemia)
 - Acute Onset
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Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Disruption • Trauma ... (Hemophilia or Trauma ... Vascular #JointPain #MSK ... #Orthopedics #Causes
Causes of Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Always assess for red flags. If no red flags,
Causes of Back Pain ... bowel or bladder dysfunction ... pain, high energy trauma ... of neoplasm • Fracture ... #Causes
Cauda Equina Syndrome
Causes:
 • Large lumbar degenerative disc herniation (central)
 • Severe lumbar spondylosis
 • Neoplasm
Equina Syndrome Causes ... lumbar spine • Trauma ... Signs / Symptoms / Complications ... bladder/bowel dysfunction ... CaudaEquina #Syndrome #MSK
Chest Trauma Complications - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Pericarditis
 • Myocardial Contusion
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Chest Trauma Complications ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Wall: • Rib Fractures ... #Complications ... #Causes
Male Sexual and Erectile Dysfunction - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Erectile Dysfunction
 - Psychological
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Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Sensate • Focus ... Pelvis • Trauma ... psycho-social trauma ... endocrinology #causes
Trendelenburg Gait: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Skeletal Pathology of the Hip
 • Arthritis
 • Congenital hip dysplasia
Poliomyelitis Activity/ Trauma ... Greater Trochanter Fracture ... Compensatory muscular dysfunction ... pathophysiology #causes ... signs #diagnosis #msk
Anosmia / Smell Dysfunction - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Nasal Obstruction/ URTI:
 • Septal Deviation
 • Allergic Rhinitis
Anosmia / Smell Dysfunction ... Infection (Influenza) Trauma ... Base of Skull Fracture ... • Nasal Fracture ... #Causes
Paget’s Disease: Complications
Abnormal Osteoclasts cause excessive bone turnover -> Incr bone resorption, Incr (abnormal) bone formation

MSK
Paget’s Disease: Complications ... bone formation MSK ... -> Pathologic fractures ... middle ear dysfunction ... signs #symptoms #complications
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
suffered no head trauma ... This post will focus ... arise from blunt trauma ... structural and vascular complications ... contusions and their complications