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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 ... Disease • Central: Stroke ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #neurology
Causes of Dizziness / Lightheadedness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Lightheaded, unsteady, disoriented - Non-vertigo
Organic Disease
 • Presyncope/Vasodepressor
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Anemia • Peripheral ... Somatization #Dizzy ... Lightheadedness #Neurology ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Peripheral and Central Causes of Vertigo
Peripheral Causes (Common):
 - Labyrinth: Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, Méniére disease,
Peripheral and Central ... Causes of Vertigo Peripheral ... - Strong Medicine ... #differential #diagnosis ... #neurology
Causes of Dizziness - Vertigo - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
True Vertigo - Illusion of Rotary Movement
Peripheral Vestibular
- Differential Diagnosis ... Rotary Movement Peripheral ... Hemorrhage #Dizzy ... Dizziness #Vertigo #Neurology ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Causes of Facial Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Forehead Sparing = Central cause
  - Most commonly
- Differential Diagnosis ... Most commonly stroke ... Forehead involved = Peripheral ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... Algorithm #Causes #neurology
Dizziness and Vertigo Algorithm
Presyncope:
 • Feels "faint" or like they are going to "pass out"
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Eric Strong @DrEricStrong ... - Strong Medicine ... Vertigo #Algorithm #dizzy ... #differential #diagnosis ... #neurology #management
Pronator Drift Testing for Stroke
Subtle extensor weakness - Sign of Upper motor neuron lesion
In detecting CT/MRI
Drift Testing for Stroke ... Drift #Testing #Stroke ... #physicalexam # ... diagnosis #neurology
HINTS Exam - Distinguishing Central from Peripheral Vertigo
 • Head Impulse: Head thrust 10° with eyes
Distinguishing Central from Peripheral ... TylerLarsenMD #HINTS #physicalexam ... #Central #Peripheral ... #Vertigo #diagnosis ... #neurology #bppv
The head impulse test (HIT) result is positive (abnormal) in nearly all patients with a peripheral
patients with a peripheral ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam ... #Neurology #AVS ... Posterior #CVA #Peripheral
Mechanisms of Pain
Mixed - Nociceptive/Neuropathic
Nociceptive - Tissue Damage
 - Visceral - (From organ/cavity lining) Poorly localized,
lancinating - Peripheral ... Limb • Post-stroke ... Pain #Mechanisms #Neurology ... #Differential #Diagnosis