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Dizziness - Differential Diagnosis Framework
"Tell me what you mean by dizzy without using the word dizzy."
Vertigo:
- Differential Diagnosis ... Vertigo: • Peripheral ... Meniere's Disease • Central ... : Stroke, CNS lesion ... #neurology
Peripheral and Central Causes of Vertigo
Peripheral Causes (Common):
 - Labyrinth: Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, Méniére disease,
Peripheral and Central ... Causes of Vertigo Peripheral ... Vestibulocochlear Nerve (CN ... #differential #diagnosis ... #neurology
Causes of Facial Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Forehead Sparing = Central cause
  - Most commonly
Algorithm Forehead ... Sparing = Central ... Most commonly stroke ... Forehead involved = Peripheral ... #neurology #sparing
Causes of Dizziness - Vertigo - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
True Vertigo - Illusion of Rotary Movement
Peripheral Vestibular
Algorithm True ... Rotary Movement Peripheral ... Bone Fracture Central ... Hemorrhage #Dizzy ... Dizziness #Vertigo #Neurology
Types of Facial Paralysis - Peripheral vs Central Lesions

Facial weakness or paralysis may result either from
vs Central Lesions ... pathways, as in a stroke ... #CNVII #CN7 #Peripheral ... #Bells #Palsy #Neurology ... #Diagnosis *
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
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Algorithm Red ... lyme • Altered mental ... conditions: • Stroke ... brain lesion • CNS ... #Algorithm #neurology
Diagnostic algorithm for differentiating vestibular neuritis from stroke in patients with AVS. This sequence of testing
Diagnostic algorithm ... components: targeted neurologic ... testing gait in any dizzy ... CNS, Central nervous ... #Posterior #CVA
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
Impairment: • Acute stroke ... lesions of the central ... Lesions Of The Peripheral ... aminotransferases • Serology ... #neurology