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Diagnostic Algorithm for Dizziness and Vertigo
Peripheral Vertigo:
 • Attacks: Sudden, severe, can last anywhere from seconds
Diagnostic Algorithm ... findings BPPV • Short-lived ... Long symptom-free ... #differential #diagnosis ... #neurology
Median Nerve Tension Test (Upper-Limb Neurodynamic Tests, ULNT1)

To assess for Median Nerve Peripheral Neuropathy

Shoulder abduction →
Neuropathy Shoulder ... finger extension → shoulder ... is positive with ... #physicalexam #sports ... #orthopedics #neurology
Romberg's Test for Proprioception
History: First described in the 19th century in patients with tabes dorsalis (later
Romberg's Test for ... syphilis) Meaning: Positive ... test (Romberg's ... open and closed Positive ... #neurology #diagnosis
Differentiating Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) From Vestibular Neuritis-Labyrinthitis
BENIGN PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGO
 • Age: More common
: Positive usually ... in head-hanging position ... : Positive (corrective ... Labyrinthitis #diagnosis ... #neurology #comparison
The head impulse test (HIT) result is positive (abnormal) in nearly all patients with a peripheral
The head impulse test ... HIT) result is positive ... a stand-alone test ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam ... #Neurology #AVS
Median Nerve Tension Test (Upper-Limb Neurodynamic Tests, ULNT2)

To assess for Median Nerve Peripheral Neuropathy

Elbow extension →
Nerve Tension Test ... Elbow extension → shoulder ... finger extension → shoulder ... #physicalexam #sports ... #orthopedics #neurology
A normal plantar reflex response involves toe flexion, or even no movement. A positive test, also
A positive test, ... A positive response ... PhysicalExam #Diagnosis ... #Neurology
Dix-Hallpike Maneuver for BPPV

Procedure:
1. Make the patient sit on examination table, such that the shoulders would
such that the shoulders ... 45° towards the test ... Supports the patient ... #Instructions #Diagnosis ... #neurology
Rhombencephalitis
BACTERIAL
- Listeria (biphasic illness with bulbar dysfunction occurring later)
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Pneumococcus
- Brucella
- Borrelia (Lyme Disease)
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encephalitis, West ... Miller-Fisher GBS; Positive ... - small cell lung ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Causes #Neurology
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
; if positive, test ... should be obtained ... - Positive in ... (to support a diagnosis ... laboratory #workup #diagnosis