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Diagnostic Algorithm for Dizziness and Vertigo
Peripheral Vertigo:
 • Attacks: Sudden, severe, can last anywhere from seconds
Peripheral Vertigo ... posterior canal) or supine ... No auditory symptoms ... Long symptom-free ... #Algorithm #differential
Causes of Peripheral and Central Vertigo
PERIPHERAL VERTIGO
1. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) - Short-lived (typically less
Long symptom-free ... Positional symptoms ... varying neurologic signs ... or symptoms. ... #Causes #differential
Meralgia paresthetica: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Compression/injury of Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve (LFCN) -> Meralgia paresthetica
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absent: lower back pain ... Raise Test - Pain ... superior iliac spine ... pathophysiology #differential ... #diagnosis #signs
Common organ involvements and symptoms in Sarcoidosis
Lung 89-99% - Cough, dyspnoea, wheezing and stridor
Skin 16-32% -
in Sarcoidosis Lung ... 20% - Abdominal pain ... 10% - Abdominal pain ... trigeminal neuralgia, vertigo ... #diagnosis #signs
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Extra-articular manifestations
Skin: 
 • Inflammation of skin (esp. over areas of stress) forms
worse when supine ... friction rub audible Lungs ... cause interstitial lung ... pathophysiology #signs ... #symptoms #diagnosis
Features That Differentiate Acute Pericarditis from Myocardial Ischemia or Infarction and Pulmonary Embolism

In contrast to the
Features That Differentiate ... exacerbated in the supine ... it difficult to differentiate ... #Pericarditis #Symptoms ... #Signs #Presentation
Scoliosis: Pathogenesis and clinical findings (Cobb Angle > 10 Degrees)

 • Incr Axial rotation of thoracic
curvature of the spine ... Neuropathy, pack pain ... volume -> Decr lung ... msk #diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms
Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary Otalgia 
 - Pain that originates from the ear
) - Differential ... roots—cervical spine ... the following symptoms ... subdural hematoma, lung ... • Associated symptoms
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
ultrasound (exclude ... Phos), CBC with differential ... or TSH level if symptoms ... fastest approach to stabilize ... monitoring (vital signs
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
- Arthritis Differential ... peripheral vs axial (spine ... noninflammatory Signs ... constitutional symptoms ... #Differential #