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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 ... #Neurology
The head impulse test (HIT) result is positive (abnormal) in nearly all patients with a peripheral
The head impulse test ... a stand-alone test ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam ... #Neurology #AVS ... #HeadImpulse #Testing
Pediatric Primitive Reflexes - Maneuver and Ages

Palmar Grasp Reflex
 - Place your fingers into the baby's
Palmar Grasp Reflex ... #Primitive #Reflexes ... Pediatrics #Peds #Diagnosis ... #Neurology #PhysicalExam ... GrepMed Recommended Text
Algorithm for the diagnosis of chronic diarrhea.
It is usually impractical to test and treat the many
Algorithm for the ... impractical to test ... reduce unnecessary testing ... pick specific tests ... Chronic #Diarrhea #Algorithm
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 ... Rest Test - Anticholinesterase ... eye movements #Diagnosis ... LikelihoodRatios #PhysicalExam ... #Testing
HINTS Exam - Abnormal Head Impulse Test = Peripheral Cause

This video demonstrates:
1) Normal Head Impulse Test
= Peripheral Cause ... reassuring for a PERIPHERAL ... #HINTS #PhysicalExam ... Clinical #Video #Neurology ... #Vertigo #Peripheral
Diabetic Foot Guidelines: Test patients w diabetes for peripheral neuropathy using the Semmes-Weinstein test
JAMA. 2017;318(14):1387-1388. doi:10.1001/jama.2017.11700

#Diagnosis
Foot Guidelines: Test ... w diabetes for peripheral ... Semmes-Weinstein test ... .2017.11700 #Diagnosis ... #Monofilament #Testing
HINTS Exam - Normal Test of Skew (Normal Vertical Skew)

In a patient with vertigo symptoms, this
Exam - Normal Test ... Vertical #Skew #Test ... #HINTS #PhysicalExam ... Clinical #Video #Neurology ... #Vertigo #Peripheral
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