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Diagnostic Algorithm for Dizziness and Vertigo
Peripheral Vertigo:
 • Attacks: Sudden, severe, can last anywhere from seconds
Diagnostic Algorithm ... or minutes with vascular ... causes • Nystagmus ... positional episodes caused ... Méniére's disease
Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary Otalgia 
 - Pain that originates from the ear
- Differential Diagnosis ... Temporal arteritis should ... vision or black spots ... Otalgia #Ear #Pain #Otology ... #differential #diagnosis
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
•
Causes of Acute ... Dehydration • Vascular ... • Inflammatory disease ... /phimosis #Diagnosis ... GrepMed Recommended Text
Syncope is a sudden, transient loss of consciousness, which is thought to be secondary to cerebral
structural heart disease ... further guide management ... should be guided ... the underlying disease ... determine a specific etiology
Hearing Loss - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hearing Loss Types:
• Conductive
• Sensorineural
• Mixed
Presbycusis is the most common type
- Differential Diagnosis ... The evaluation should ... disruption ○ Otitis media ... cause unknown) ... #otology #otolaryngology
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
nodes • Roth’s spots ... Septic Emboli Cause ... valvular disease ... Treat underlying cause ... #management #cardiology
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Caused by intrapulmonary ... vascular dilation ... Should be performed ... 10 minutes of rest ... no established medical
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
and diplopia) • Vascular ... Medium and large ... Positive pathergy test ... is a skin prick test ... #management #signs
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... or dilated) • Valvular ... Contraception counseling should ... deteriorating on medical ... started, patients should
Causes of Petechial Rash - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Pinpoint areas (less than 2 mm) of hemorrhage, which
Causes of Petechial ... Petechiae Etiology ... Disruptions in vascular ... Fecal occult blood test ... • Abdominal ultrasound