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Diagnostic Algorithm for Dizziness and Vertigo
Peripheral Vertigo:
 • Attacks: Sudden, severe, can last anywhere from seconds
Dizziness and Vertigo Peripheral ... No auditory symptoms ... Méniére's disease ... Long symptom-free ... Vertigo #Algorithm #differential
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
Diagnosis and Workup ... plateletcount), peripheral ... smear, HIV/HCV testing ... (GI symptoms/endemic ... (CVID, WAS), (neurologic
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Hematuria, Hemoptysis, Peripheral ... symptomatology Differential ... testing: anti-ANCA ... , biopsy By Tess ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Causes of Peripheral and Central Vertigo
PERIPHERAL VERTIGO
1. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) - Short-lived (typically less
Causes of Peripheral ... Central Vertigo PERIPHERAL ... vertigo (BPPV) - Short-lived ... Méniére's disease ... Vertigo #Causes #differential
Sarcoidosis 
Non-caseating granulomas (Composed of T-helper & inflammatory cells) 
Clinical:
 • Disease fatal in 10% of
inflammatory cells) Clinical ... : • Disease fatal ... exertion • Neurologic ... Bell's palsy, peripheral ... Sarcoidosis #Diagnosis #Symptoms
Medical Treatment Algorithm for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Initial medical treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Disease Initial ... disease (COPD) ... of obstruction, symptom ... the outpatient setting ... COPD assessment test
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
Rheumatology Workup ... Studies in Rheumatic Diseases ... • Hepatitis B serology ... ANA and RF (if clinical ... Arthritis #laboratory #workup
Median Nerve Tension Test (Upper-Limb Neurodynamic Tests, ULNT1)

To assess for Median Nerve Peripheral Neuropathy

Shoulder abduction →
positive with symptom ... #Peripheral #Nerve ... #ULNT1 #ULTT1 #clinical ... #physicalexam #sports ... #orthopedics #neurology
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
result with no clinical ... intermediate risk of disease ... Tuberculin skin testing ... used to exclude pulmonary ... #Diagnosis #Workup
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Viral Infection Clinical ... Positive Coombs testing ... younger pts) Differential ... • Diagnostic Test ... Donath-Landsteiner test