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Algorithm for the diagnosis of chronic diarrhea.
It is usually impractical to test and treat the many
impractical to test ... many possible causes ... In most cases, it ... diarrhea before testing ... pick specific tests
Causes of Vertigo - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
#Diagnosis #Neurology #Dizziness #Peripheral #Central #Algorithm #BPPV #Differential #Ddxof
Causes of Vertigo ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm #Diagnosis ... #Neurology #Dizziness ... Central #Algorithm #BPPV
Pronator Drift Testing for Stroke
Subtle extensor weakness - Sign of Upper motor neuron lesion
In detecting CT/MRI
Pronator Drift Testing ... test characteristics ... Pronator #Drift #Testing ... #Stroke #physicalexam ... #diagnosis #neurology
Myasthenia Gravis
Signs, Symptoms and Testing - Likelihood Ratios
Does this patient have myasthenia gravis?
JAMA. 2005 Apr 20;293(15):1906-14.
, Symptoms and Testing ... - Ice Test - ... eye movements #Diagnosis ... LikelihoodRatios #PhysicalExam ... #Testing
Diagnostic Algorithm for Dizziness and Vertigo
Peripheral Vertigo:
 • Attacks: Sudden, severe, can last anywhere from seconds
Diagnostic Algorithm ... with vascular causes ... auditory findings BPPV ... positional episodes caused ... #differential #diagnosis
The HINTS Exam - Differentiating Central vs Peripheral Vertigo

Head Impulse Test
Nystagmus
Test of Skew

Animation by Dr. Y.
Head Impulse Test ... Nystagmus Test ... #HINTS #Exam #PhysicalExam ... #Testing #Vertigo ... Central #Peripheral #Neurology
The head impulse test (HIT) result is positive (abnormal) in nearly all patients with a peripheral
The head impulse test ... with a central cause ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam ... #Neurology #AVS ... #HeadImpulse #Testing
Characteristics of Peripheral and Central Vertigo
PERIPHERAL VERTIGO
 • Onset: Sudden
 • Intensity: Severe initially, often decreasing
than a minute for BPPV ... posterior canal BPPV ... with vascular causes ... Central #Vertigo #diagnosis ... symptoms #comparison #neurology
Classic Findings During Hallpike Test in Posterior Canal Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV)
 • Latency (delay
During Hallpike Test ... Positional Vertigo (BPPV ... with repeated testing ... #dixhallpike #physicalexam ... #testing #findings
Shoulder Exam - Provocative Testing

Supraspinatus muscle injury:
 - Jobe’s Test
 - Hawkin’s Test
 - Drop Arm
- Provocative Testing ... - Hawkin’s Test ... - Drop Arm Test ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam ... #Shoulder #Testing