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Dizziness - Central and Peripheral Causes - Differential Diagnosis
Central Causes:
 • Cerebrovascular:  vertebrobasilar, TIA, Wallenburg,
Peripheral Causes - Differential ... oticus (Ramsay Hunt ... Peripheral #Causes #Differential
Peripheral and Central Causes of Vertigo
Peripheral Causes (Common):
 - Labyrinth: Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, Méniére disease,
vertigo"), Ramsay Hunt ... Central #Causes #differential
Causes of Painful Ophthalmoplegia - Differential Diagnosis
 • Trauma
 • Autoimmune:
     1.
Ophthalmoplegia - Differential ... Tolosa-Hunt syndrome ... Benign" Tolosa-Hunt ... Ophthalmoplegia #Causes #Differential
Ear Pain / Otalgia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Referred Otaliga:
 • Via Vagus or Glossopharyngeal Nerves
 •
Pain / Otalgia - Differential ... Zoster (Ramsay Hunt ... EarPain #Otalgia #Differential
Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary Otalgia 
 - Pain that originates from the ear
Pain (Otalgia) - Differential ... VII: - Ramsay Hunt ... the tragus to differentiate ... Otolaryngology #differential
Causes of Hypoxemia- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Ventilation/perfusion Mismatch
 • Airway Disease (Asthma, COPD)
 • Vascular (PE*)
 •
of Hypoxemia- Differential ... Right to Left Shunt ... Right to Left Shunt ... Hypoxemia #Hypoxia #Differential
Differential Diagnosis: Cyanosis - Mnemonic "COLD PALMS"
Peripheral cyanosis 
• Cold 
• Obstruction 
• LVF and shock
Differential Diagnosis ... sulfhemoglobinemia • Shunt
Causes of Cyanosis in the Newborn - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Peripheral Only:
 • Poor Perfusion
 • Acrocyanosis
Hemoglobinopathy:
the Newborn - Differential ... Left-to-Right Shunt ... Right-to-Left Shunt ... Cyanosis #Newborn #Differential
Tolosa-Hunt Syndrome
What?
 • Unilateral orbital/retrobulbar pain
 • Paresis of the cranial nerves Ill, IV, VI
 •
Tolosa-Hunt Syndrome ... neudrawlogy #Tolosa #Hunt
Hypoxemia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm by A-a Gradient

Normal A-a Gradient:
 • ↓ Atmospheric pressure
 • Hypoventilation: CNS
Hypoxemia Differential ... Right-to-Left Shunt ... Hypoxemia #Hypoxia #Differential