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Causes of Peripheral and Central Vertigo
PERIPHERAL VERTIGO
1. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) - Short-lived (typically less
insufficiency (VBI) - Should ... patient of advanced age ... with significant neurologic ... Head trauma - Symptoms ... usually between ages
Hearing Loss - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hearing Loss Types:
• Conductive
• Sensorineural
• Mixed
Presbycusis is the most common type
adults (bilateral age ... The evaluation should ... include a: • Neurologic ... audiometry • Patients should ... tympanic membrane • Neurologic
Pediatric Primitive Reflexes - Maneuver and Ages

Palmar Grasp Reflex
 - Place your fingers into the baby's
- Maneuver and Ages ... holding jaw over shoulder ... Timeline #Pediatrics #Peds ... #Diagnosis #Neurology ... GrepMed Recommended Text
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
Emergent Causes ... with the same symptoms ... with or without trauma ... - Traumatic injury ... #differential #emergency
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
 •
spine L1-L5 Symptoms ... Numbness • E - Emergency ... neoplasms • trauma ... • Provocative Tests ... diagnosis #causes #neurology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
to 40 years of age ... to local skin injury ... ) • Neurologic ... meningitis), MCC CNS symptoms ... management #signs #symptoms
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... Hypertension/Hypertensive emergency ... Neurological symptoms ... count in the CSF should ... Seizures: Treat with AEDs
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
peaks between the ages ... Presentation: Injury ... Bilateral signs and/or symptoms ... negative, MOG-IgG test ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Who to block and who not to block? Guidelines for Emergency Regional Anesthesiafor Trauma Orthopedic Injuries
Block
Guidelines for Emergency ... Block OK • Shoulder ... document detailed neurologic ... fracture • Any injury ... neurovascular injury