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Causes of Dizziness / Lightheadedness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Lightheaded, unsteady, disoriented - Non-vertigo
Organic Disease
 • Presyncope/Vasodepressor
Causes of Dizziness ... • Anemia • Peripheral ... Anxiety • Panic Disorder ... Somatization #Dizzy ... #Causes
Algorithm for the diagnostic evaluation of dizziness. (HINTS = head-impulse, nystagmus, test of skew.)
Questions regarding the
Algorithm for the ... more likely to be peripheral ... the etiology is peripheral ... The approach uses ... #Diagnosis #Dizzy
Eosinophil Disorders Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 • Peripheral blood eosinophilia/hypereosinophilia uncovered incidentally during medical evaluation or
Eosinophil Disorders ... Testing Algorithm ... FOR TESTING: • Peripheral ... during medical evaluation ... for secondary causes
Causes of Dizziness - Vertigo - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
True Vertigo - Illusion of Rotary Movement
Peripheral Vestibular
Causes of Dizziness ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Rotary Movement Peripheral ... Hemorrhage #Dizzy ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
and Platelet Disorders ... plateletcount), peripheral ... - Bone marrow evaluation ... primary hematologic disorder ... Thrombocytopenia #Platelet #Disorders
Cryoglobulinemia Summary

Cryoglobulins:
 • Cryoglobulins are Igs in the serum that precipitate in vitro at temperatures below
• They can cause ... Glomerulonephritis - Peripheral ... Cryoglobulins Cause ... skin necrosis, peripheral ... • Low serum C4 complement
Algorithm for the evaluation of macrocytic anemia. (RBC = red blood cell; MMA = methylmalonic acid.)
Physicians
Algorithm for the ... evaluation of macrocytic ... by ordering a peripheral ... the most likely cause ... recovery also causes
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Diagnosis and Causes ... hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral ... Sarcomeric Protein Disorders ... Cardiomyopathy #Diagnosis #Causes ... differential #cardiology #algorithm
Algorithm regarding the diagnosis and treatment of Hereditary Hemochromatosis HH. 

Step 1: In the patient with
Algorithm regarding ... normal, further evaluation ... C282Y homozygote, evaluation ... and hematologic disorders ... hemochromatosis #algorithm
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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tract, and often causes ... glomeruli, and peripheral ... often involved • Hypocomplementemic ... Urticaria and hypocomplementemia ... against MPO • Complement