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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 - ... vs Peripheral Vertigo ... Nystagmus Test ... #PhysicalExam #Testing ... #Peripheral #Neurology
The head impulse test (HIT) result is positive (abnormal) in nearly all patients with a peripheral
The head impulse test ... result is positive (abnormal ... #PhysicalExam #Neurology ... #Testing #HIT # ... HINTS
HINTS Exam - Normal Head Impulse Test = Central Cause

This patient as a normal head impulse
HINTS Exam - Normal ... This patient as ... #HINTS #PhysicalExam ... #Clinical #Video ... #Neurology #Vertigo
 The following #reflexes are routinely tested, and the response elicited is graded from zero to
of a dull thud as ... hits an areflexic ... testing occurs ... is best elicited ... a pin from the periphery
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
Clinical suspicion ... Amyloidosis Clinical ... Amyloidosis Diagnostic Testing ... typing Cardiac Testing ... : • EKG • Echocardiogram
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
cross-reacts with peripheral ... or the axon of peripheral ... depressed deep tendon reflexes ... and sensitive tests ... pathophysiology as