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Common Causes of the Different Categories of Dizziness #Diagnosis #PrimaryCare #EM #IM #Differential #Dizziness #Vertigo #Disequilibrium
Differential #Dizziness #Vertigo ... Disequilibrium #Presyncope
Dizziness and Vertigo Algorithm
Presyncope:
 • Feels "faint" or like they are going to "pass out"
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Dizziness and Vertigo ... Algorithm Presyncope ... consciousness Vertigo ... #Dizziness #Vertigo
Causes of Dizziness / Lightheadedness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Lightheaded, unsteady, disoriented - Non-vertigo
Organic Disease
 • Presyncope/Vasodepressor
disoriented - Non-vertigo ... Organic Disease • Presyncope
TiTrATE schema to approach to Dizziness
 • Time Course: Continuous or Episodic
 • Triggers: Present or
• Vestibular (vertigo ... Cardiovascular (presyncope
Differential Diagnosis of Syncope
First, is it syncope? History is very important for distinguishing syncope from other
seizure, dizziness, vertigo ... , presyncope).
Dizziness - Differential Diagnosis Framework
"Tell me what you mean by dizzy without using the word dizzy."
Vertigo:
Vertigo: • Peripheral ... Stroke, CNS lesion Presyncope
Causes of Dizziness - Vertigo and Lightheadedness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • True Vertigo - Illusion
of Dizziness - Vertigo ... Algorithm • True Vertigo ... disoriented - Non-vertigo ... Lightheadedness #Vertigo
Causes of Peripheral and Central Vertigo

Peripheral Vertigo:
 - Benign Positional Vertigo
 - Vestibular Neuronitis
 - Meniere's
Peripheral and Central Vertigo ... Peripheral Vertigo ... Benign Positional Vertigo ... Neuroma Central Vertigo ... #Differential #Vertigo
Vertigo - is it central or peripheral? Vertigo is classified into either peripheral or central depending
Vertigo - is it ... Vertigo is classified ... Vertigo that is ... Vertigo that arises ... #vertigo #diagnosis
HINTS Exam - Bidirectional Nystagmus 

In a patient with vertigo symptoms, this finding is worrisome for
a patient with vertigo ... CENTRAL cause of vertigo ... Neurology #Central #Vertigo