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Diagnostic Algorithm for Dizziness and Vertigo
Peripheral Vertigo:
 • Attacks: Sudden, severe, can last anywhere from seconds
Diagnostic Algorithm ... with vascular causes ... disease • Tinnitus ... Long symptom-free ... #differential #diagnosis
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
decades of life Causes ... and clinical associations ... Disorientation, vertigo Diagnostic ... Cold #Urticaria #diagnosis ... rheumatology #comparison #table
Whipple Disease (Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnosis and Management 

Caused by: Tropheryma whipplei

Symptoms and Signs:
1. Migratory poly/oligoarthralgia
Whipple Disease ... Management Caused ... Tropheryma whipplei Symptoms ... T. whipplei tests ... T. whipplei test
Differentiating Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) From Vestibular Neuritis-Labyrinthitis
BENIGN PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGO
 • Age: More common
: Positive usually ... patient with a clinical ... patient with a clinical ... Labyrinthitis #diagnosis ... #neurology #comparison
Effects of Strokes by Location - Anterior vs Posterior Localization

Anterior Circulation 
 - MCA 
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CVA #Territory #Symptoms ... #Diagnosis #Table ... GrepMed Recommended Text ... Comprehensive Review in Clinical ... Neurology - https
Romberg's Test for Proprioception
History: First described in the 19th century in patients with tabes dorsalis (later
syphilis) Meaning: Positive ... Observe when patient closes ... open and closed Positive ... • Cerebellar disease ... #neurology #diagnosis
Summary table of heart murmurs associated with mitral and aortic valve diseases as well as their
Summary table of ... and aortic valve diseases ... their signs and symptoms ... #diagnosis #heart ... #cardiology #comparison
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
- Differential Diagnosis ... of renal disease ... conditions (supine position ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Workup #table
Causes of Dizziness - Vertigo - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
True Vertigo - Illusion of Rotary Movement
Peripheral Vestibular
Causes of Dizziness ... - Differential Diagnosis ... • Meniere's Disease ... symptoms/signs, ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Sensitivity is the proportion of truly diseased persons in the screened population who are identified as
will correctly diagnose ... a case, or the ... that any given case ... implies being able ... #Calculation #Table