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The head impulse test (HIT) result is positive (abnormal) in nearly all patients with a peripheral
cause of AVS and ... with a central cause ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam ... #Neurology #AVS ... #Testing #HIT #HINTS
Diagnostic algorithm for differentiating vestibular neuritis from stroke in patients with AVS. This sequence of testing
Diagnostic algorithm ... ataxia. ... disposition, even if the cause ... is peripheral. ... #Diagnosis #AVS
Peripheral and Central Causes of Vertigo
Peripheral Causes (Common):
 - Labyrinth: Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, Méniére disease,
Peripheral and Central ... Peripheral Causes ... often classified as ... #differential # ... diagnosis #neurology
Micronutrient Deficiencies After Gastric Bypass
Fat-Soluble Vitamins:
 • Vitamin A - Night/complete blindness, xeropthalmia (pathologic dryness of
• Thiamine - Nausea ... oculomotor dysfunction, gait ... muscle weakness, peripheral ... nutrition #table #differential ... #diagnosis #bariatric
Algorithm for the diagnostic evaluation of dizziness. (HINTS = head-impulse, nystagmus, test of skew.)
Questions regarding the
(HINTS = head-impulse ... the dizziness as ... more likely to be peripheral ... The approach uses ... Dizziness #Algorithm #Differential
Thiamine Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Clinical Manifestations

Causes of Thiamine Deficiency:
 • Poor intake:
	- Diets
Thiamine Deficiency - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Manifestations Causes ... Ophthalmoplegia - Ataxia ... #Diagnosis #syndromes
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
Diagnosis Framework ... of injury • Gait ... often- Sensory ataxia ... Non-compressive Spinal Cord Causes ... #neurology #differential
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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in HIV / AIDS - Differential ... Demyelinating disease caused ... monoparesis), limb ataxia ... , gait ataxia, and ... CNS #Infections #differential
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
symptoms such as ... blindness, or gait ... ataxia • Papillomavirus ... tenderness, and peripheral ... Leishmaniasis Differential