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Diagnostic Algorithm for Dizziness and Vertigo
Peripheral Vertigo:
 • Attacks: Sudden, severe, can last anywhere from seconds
Diagnostic Algorithm ... with vascular causes ... No auditory symptoms ... Hearing loss. ... Long symptom-free
Hearing Loss - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hearing Loss Types:
• Conductive
• Sensorineural
• Mixed
Presbycusis is the most common type
Diagnosis Framework ... include a: • Neurologic ... Normal: Air > bone ... loss: Bone > Air ... cause unknown)
Differentiating Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) From Vestibular Neuritis-Labyrinthitis
BENIGN PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGO
 • Age: More common
older adults • Hearing ... younger patients • Hearing ... neuritis; hearing ... Labyrinthitis #diagnosis ... #neurology #comparison
Characteristics of Peripheral and Central Vertigo
PERIPHERAL VERTIGO
 • Onset: Sudden
 • Intensity: Severe initially, often decreasing
Neuro Findings: None ... with vascular causes ... Central #Vertigo #diagnosis ... findings #signs #symptoms ... #comparison #neurology
Paget’s Disease: Complications
Abnormal Osteoclasts cause excessive bone turnover -> Incr bone resorption, Incr (abnormal) bone formation

MSK
formation MSK ... the vertebral canal ... -> Conductive hearing ... pathophysiology #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms
Trendelenburg Gait: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Skeletal Pathology of the Hip
 • Arthritis
 • Congenital hip dysplasia
Chondrodysplasia Neurologic ... in the Spinal canal ... pathophysiology #causes ... #symptoms #signs ... #diagnosis #msk
Generalized Seizures and Pseudoseizures
Generalized seizures "are conceptualized as originating as some point within, and rapidly engaging,
consistent from one ... and metabolic causes ... Classification #Diagnosis ... #Neurology #Signs ... #Symptoms #Comparison
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

Immune-mediated conditions affecting the Brain, Eye, and Ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in
Non-inflammatory Causes ... conjunction with symptoms ... sensorineural hearing ... consistent with MS ... BEE #Syndromes #neurology
Scurvy (Vitamin C Deficiency) - Diagnosis and Management

Vitamin C is required for hydroxylation of proline residues
Deficiency) - Diagnosis ... Mucous membranes • Bone ... nonimmune hemolysis MSK ... • Poor wound healing ... , or any other cause
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook

Acute Idiopathic Unilateral Facial Nerve (CN7) Palsy
Presentation:
neuropathies (ataxia, hearing ... Imaging (if atypical symptoms ... middle ear/temporal bone ... CNS inflammatory cause ... Management #Treatment #Neurology