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Differentiating Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) From Vestibular Neuritis-Labyrinthitis
BENIGN PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGO
 • Age: More common
• Frequency of symptoms ... ) • Epley maneuver ... seen) • Epley maneuver ... Labyrinthitis #diagnosis ... #neurology #comparison
Dix-Hallpike Maneuver for BPPV

Procedure:
1. Make the patient sit on examination table, such that the shoulders would
45° towards the test ... throughout the test ... Vertiginous symptoms ... #Instructions #Diagnosis ... #neurology
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Workup Summary
Use a positive diagnostic strategy with minimal testing.
Irritable Bowel Syndrome ... Summary Use a positive ... last 3 months + symptom ... cultures, but test ... risk • Routine colonoscopy
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) in HIV-AIDS Patients
Cytomegalovirus (CMV): double-stranded DNA virus, herpesvirus family.
CMV infection: virus isolation or detection
regardless of symptoms ... Diagnosis: Quantitative ... pp65 antigenemia test ... inclusions or positive ... 50 or less: • Neurologic
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
skin injury) • Neurologic ... meningitis), MCC CNS symptoms ... Skin lesions • Positive ... #diagnosis #management ... #signs #symptoms
Rhombencephalitis
BACTERIAL
- Listeria (biphasic illness with bulbar dysfunction occurring later)
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Pneumococcus
- Brucella
- Borrelia (Lyme Disease)
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encephalitis, West ... (bulbar symptoms ... Miller-Fisher GBS; Positive ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Causes #Neurology
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
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spine L1-L5 Symptoms ... cord infarct • HIV ... • Provocative Tests ... absent anal wink test ... #causes #neurology
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Cold Agglutinin Syndrome ... dehydrogenase • Positive ... Mycoplasma, EBV, HIV ... Test: Donath-Landsteiner ... test #cold #
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ... 10 minutes of rest ... resolution of symptoms ... hepatopulmonary #syndrome ... #diagnosis #management
Adrenal Insufficiency - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency:
Most Common Cause in the US: Autoimmune Adrenalitis
Other
and Management ... fungal infection, HIV ... ketoconazole, etomidate) Symptoms ... hypophysitis, Sheehan's syndrome ... A STIM test can