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The HINTS Exam - Differentiating Central vs Peripheral Vertigo

Head Impulse Test
Nystagmus
Test of Skew

Animation by Dr. Y.
The HINTS Exam - ... Differentiating Central vs ... Peripheral Vertigo ... #PhysicalExam #Testing ... #Neurology
The head impulse test (HIT) result is positive (abnormal) in nearly all patients with a peripheral
The head impulse test ... #PhysicalExam #Neurology ... #Posterior #CVA ... #HeadImpulse #Testing ... #HIT #HINTS
Diagnostic algorithm for differentiating vestibular neuritis from stroke in patients with AVS. This sequence of testing
patients with AVS ... components: targeted neurologic ... if the cause is peripheral ... #Posterior #CVA ... #HINTS #Exam #Vestibular
Characteristics of Peripheral and Central Vertigo
PERIPHERAL VERTIGO
 • Onset: Sudden
 • Intensity: Severe initially, often decreasing
Characteristics of Peripheral ... forehead) in classic posterior ... vascular causes, such as ... with posterior ... symptoms #comparison #neurology
 The following #reflexes are routinely tested, and the response elicited is graded from zero to
reflex hammer hits ... patellar reflex testing ... a pin from the periphery ... Wrist clonus is ... extension of the wrists