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Diagnostic Algorithm for Dizziness and Vertigo
Peripheral Vertigo:
 • Attacks: Sudden, severe, can last anywhere from seconds
Diagnostic Algorithm ... Varies • No neurologic ... findings BPPV • Short-lived ... #differential #diagnosis ... #neurology
Gastrointestinal Evaluation of Iron Deficiency Anemia
In patients with anemia, diagnose iron deficiency if:
 • Ferritin <
patients with anemia, diagnose ... biopsy only if serology ... is positive Bidirectional ... change medical management ... Evaluation #workup #diagnosis
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
Monocytogenes - Gram-positive ... beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming ... CNS infection Diagnosis ... Monocytogenes #diagnosis ... #management #infectiousdiseases
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
Monocytogenes - Gram-positive ... beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming ... CNS infection Diagnosis ... Monocytogenes #diagnosis ... #management #infectiousdiseases
Trendelenburg Gait: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Skeletal Pathology of the Hip
 • Arthritis
 • Congenital hip dysplasia
Chondrodysplasia Neurologic ... Pain • Valgus position ... of knee due to ... symptoms #signs #diagnosis
Vancomycin Associated Acute Kidney Injury

 • Drug induced acute kidney injury is generally defined as a
Vancomycin #AKI #pharmacology ... #toxicology #diagnosis ... #management #nephrology
Dix-Hallpike Maneuver for BPPV

Procedure:
1. Make the patient sit on examination table, such that the shoulders would
Supports the patient ... patient in this position ... to the upright position ... #Instructions #Diagnosis ... #neurology
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
venous pressure, positive ... un lymphatic Diagnostic ... #heartfailure #diagnosis ... #management #cardiology ... #pharmacology #
Myasthenia Gravis - Summary
 • an autoimmune disease of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction associated with antibodies
50 years in men Diagnosis ... antibodies - MuSK-positive ... myasthenia usually • Starts ... within 3 years of diagnosis ... #management #neurology
Gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB) - Toxicology

Clinical presentation
 - Symptoms of GHB toxicity include: short term anterograde amnesia,
toxicity include: short ... Toxicology #Toxicity #Diagnosis ... #Management #Pharmacology