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Differentiating Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) From Vestibular Neuritis-Labyrinthitis
BENIGN PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGO
 • Age: More common
Benign Paroxysmal Positional ... : Positive usually ... ) • Epley maneuver ... seen) • Epley maneuver ... Labyrinthitis #diagnosis #neurology
Diagnostic Algorithm for Dizziness and Vertigo
Peripheral Vertigo:
 • Attacks: Sudden, severe, can last anywhere from seconds
Varies • No neurologic ... change • Neurologic ... test (posterior ... or supine roll test ... test Méniére's
Pace Maneuver for Piriformis Syndrome

With the patient's hips and needs flexed to 90 degrees, the patient
Pace Maneuver for ... The test is positive ... PT_yuu_mizu628 #Pace #Maneuver ... #Test #Piriformis
Chronic Diarrhea - Workup
Osmotic:
 • Consider food diary and trial avoiding certain foods or meds, Consider
hydrogen breath test ... intolerance suspected, Colonoscopy ... performed, may show melanosis ... EGD +/- ERCP +/- colonoscopy ... Inflammatory: • Colonoscopy
Positive Romberg Test on Physical Exam

The Romberg test is a test of the body's proprioception (sense
Positive Romberg ... Test on Physical ... is a test of the ... Sign #Positive # ... clinical #video #neurology
Dix-Hallpike Maneuver for BPPV

Procedure:
1. Make the patient sit on examination table, such that the shoulders would
Dix-Hallpike Maneuver ... 45° towards the test ... throughout the test ... #DixHallpike #Maneuver ... Instructions #Diagnosis #neurology
In a patient in the supine position, raising the leg with the knee extended stretches the
in the supine position ... A positive test ... higher if the maneuver ... unaffected leg; in a positive ... This test is 90%
Dix-HaIlpike Maneuver
 • Turn head to 45° and then rapidly lay patient to a supine position
Dix-HaIlpike Maneuver ... patient to a supine position ... The test is positive ... Dix #HaIlpike #Maneuver ... #neurology #vertigo
Epley Maneuver for Treatment of BPPV
1) The patient begins in an upright sitting posture, and the
Epley Maneuver for ... into a supine position ... remains in this position ... #Epley #Maneuver ... #vertigo #neurology
Relative Afferent Pupillary Defect

This maneuver of intermittent light stimulus is called the alternating light test or
Pupillary Defect This maneuver ... alternating light test ... swinging-flashlight test ... sensitive diagnostic test ... Pupillary #Defect #Neurology