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Differentiating Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) From Vestibular Neuritis-Labyrinthitis
BENIGN PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGO
 • Age: More common
: Positive usually ... ) • Epley maneuver ... saccade seen) • Epley ... maneuver: Ineffective ... Labyrinthitis #diagnosis #neurology
Diagnostic Algorithm for Dizziness and Vertigo
Peripheral Vertigo:
 • Attacks: Sudden, severe, can last anywhere from seconds
test (posterior ... No auditory symptoms ... test Méniére's ... Long symptom-free ... #Algorithm #differential
Causes of Dizziness - Vertigo - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
True Vertigo - Illusion of Rotary Movement
Peripheral Vestibular
- Differential ... vomiting, auditory symptoms ... symptoms/signs, ... Hemorrhage #Dizzy ... #Neurology #Differential
Dizziness and Vertigo Algorithm
Presyncope:
 • Feels "faint" or like they are going to "pass out"
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Dizziness and Vertigo ... "pass out" • Symptoms ... #Algorithm #dizzy ... #differential # ... diagnosis #neurology
TiTrATE schema to approach to Dizziness
 • Time Course: Continuous or Episodic
 • Triggers: Present or
yet imprecise symptom ... • Vestibular (vertigo ... TiTrATE #Dizziness #dizzy ... #algorithm #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
Epley Maneuver for Treatment of BPPV
1) The patient begins in an upright sitting posture, and the
Epley Maneuver for ... into a supine position ... #Epley #Maneuver ... paroxysmal #positional #vertigo ... #neurology #instructions
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
Semont Liberatory Maneuver for Treatment of BPPV
1) The patient is seated upright on the side of
shoulder down position ... to the seated position ... useful when the Epley ... States than the Epley ... #neurology #instructions
Semont Liberatory Maneuver for Treatment of BPPV
1) The patient is seated upright on the side of
shoulder down position ... to the seated position ... useful when the Epley ... States than the Epley ... #neurology #instructions
Algorithm for the diagnostic evaluation of dizziness. (HINTS = head-impulse, nystagmus, test of skew.)
Questions regarding the
head-impulse, nystagmus, test ... of dizziness or vertigo ... Timing of the symptom ... #Diagnosis #Dizzy ... Dizziness #Algorithm #Differential