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Diagnostic Algorithm for Dizziness and Vertigo
Peripheral Vertigo:
 • Attacks: Sudden, severe, can last anywhere from seconds
Varies • No neurologic ... findings BPPV • Short-lived ... No auditory symptoms ... Long symptom-free ... Vertigo #Algorithm #differential
First-line therapies for Asthma, Asthma-COPD Overlap and COPD

The diagnosis of COPD, asthma, and ACO initially requires
of respiratory symptoms ... bronchodilator test ... and sensitivity tests ... summary of the differential ... Differences #Algorithm #Treatment
Meralgia paresthetica: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Compression/injury of Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve (LFCN) -> Meralgia paresthetica
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paresthetica • Symptoms ... 3-6 months of symptom ... Straight Leg Raise Test ... MeralgiaParesthetica #MSK #pathophysiology ... #differential #
Medical Treatment Algorithm for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Initial medical treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Medical Treatment ... of obstruction, symptom ... control persistent symptoms ... COPD assessment test ... agonist; SAMA, short-acting
Aphasia - Pathophysiology and Clinical Findings
Broca's Aphasia - Expressive language impairment: non-Fluent
 - Sensory speech areas
Aphasia - Pathophysiology ... generation of speech/text ... deficits #Aphasia #Pathophysiology ... diagnosis #signs #symptoms ... Brocas #Wernickes #neurology
Causes of Peripheral and Central Vertigo
PERIPHERAL VERTIGO
1. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) - Short-lived (typically less
vertigo (BPPV) - Short-lived ... with significant neurologic ... attacks with varying neurologic ... Vertigo #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
Visual or auditory symptoms ... conjunction with symptoms ... diagnosis and treatment ... BEE #Syndromes #neurology ... #inflammatory #differential
Acute Retroviral Syndrome
Acute Retroviral Syndrome is the symptomatic presentation of acute human immunodeficiency virus infection

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Confirmatory Tests ... Phase: • The short ... no diagnostic test ... HIV-1 antibody test ... ) Treatment:
Lymphomas and Lymphoproliferative Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hodgkin Lymphoma ~40% - Characteristic For Reed-Sternberg (RS) Cells
Lymphoproliferative Disorders - Differential ... pattern of spread, B symptoms ... Responsive to Treatment ... growth, response to treatment ... Classification #pathophysiology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
skin injury) • Neurologic ... meningitis), MCC CNS symptoms ... Behcet disease) Differential ... Arthritis, AS Treatment ... management #signs #symptoms