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Causes of Dizziness / Lightheadedness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Lightheaded, unsteady, disoriented - Non-vertigo
Organic Disease
 • Presyncope/Vasodepressor
- Differential Diagnosis ... Vasodepressor Syncope • Cardiac ... Problem • Drugs Psychiatric ... Lightheadedness #Neurology ... #Differential #Diagnosis
TiTrATE schema to approach to Dizziness
 • Time Course: Continuous or Episodic
 • Triggers: Present or
to approach to Dizziness ... yet imprecise symptom ... • Nonspecific (psychiatric ... #differential #diagnosis ... #neurology
Arrhythmias - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
May present as: palpitations, dizziness, syncope, chest discomfort
Cardiac Causes:
 - Structural
- Differential Diagnosis ... palpitations, dizziness ... chest discomfort Cardiac ... • Cocaine - Psychiatric ... #Arrhythmias #Cardiology
Extrapulmonary manifestations of COVID-19
 • Neurologic: Headaches, Dizziness, Encephalopathy, Guillain-Barré, Ageusia, Myalgia, Anosmia, Stroke
 • Renal:
Neurologic: Headaches, Dizziness ... : Acute kidney injury ... /myocarditis, Cardiac ... Extrapulmonary #Diagnosis ... #Signs #Symptoms
Acute Coronary Syndrome - Diagnostic Likelihood Ratios for Symptoms and Physical Examination. 

Source:  Does This
Likelihood Ratios ... for Symptoms and ... #EBM #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology #ACS ... Atypical #ChestPain #Cardiac
Dizziness - Differential Diagnosis Framework
"Tell me what you mean by dizzy without using the word dizzy."
Vertigo:
Dizziness - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Presyncope: • Cardiac ... radiculopathy Other: • Psychiatric ... #neurology
Acute Coronary Syndrome - Diagnostic Likelihood Ratios for Symptoms and Physical Examination. Source: Fanaroff AC, Rymer
Likelihood Ratios ... for Symptoms and ... #EBM #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology #ACS ... Atypical #ChestPain #Cardiac
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
Intraoperative Cardiac ... is conscious, symptoms ... breathlessness, dizziness ... consultation with cardiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis
Heat Illnesses and Heat Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Heat Cramps:
 • Muscle pain or spasm -
- Differential Diagnosis ... sweat Heat Injury ... Syncope • Signs/Symptoms ... maintain adequate cardiac ... Hyperventilation, Dizziness
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
- Differential Diagnosis ... Hyperthyroidism • Anemia Psychiatric ... AVNRT Red Flag Symptoms ... Lightheadedness/dizziness ... #Palpitations #Cardiology