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Causes of Peripheral and Central Vertigo
PERIPHERAL VERTIGO
1. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) - Short-lived (typically less
Peripheral and Central ... Can be worsened ... CENTRAL VERTIGO ... #Peripheral #Central ... #differential #
Mass General Hospital COVID19 Critical Care Treatment Guide

#COVID19 #CriticalCare #Treatment #MGH #Management #Coronavirus #SARSCOV2
Mass General Hospital ... COVID19 Critical ... Care Treatment ... Guide #COVID19 #CriticalCare ... #Treatment #MGH
Diagnostic Algorithm for Dizziness and Vertigo
Peripheral Vertigo:
 • Attacks: Sudden, severe, can last anywhere from seconds
Peripheral Vertigo ... Auditory findings may be ... present Central ... months but can be ... #Algorithm #differential
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup and Management
Differential Diagnosis: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
and Management Differential ... Targeted Exam: Mental ... Edema: Lasix + BP control ... diagnosis #Management #treatment ... #criticalcare
Algorithm for the diagnostic evaluation of dizziness. (HINTS = head-impulse, nystagmus, test of skew.)
Questions regarding the
more likely to be ... peripheral or central ... of dizziness or vertigo ... into one of three clinical ... Dizziness #Algorithm #Differential
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
BEE Syndromes - ... attributable to central ... diagnosis and treatment ... Neurosarcoidosis #BEE ... #inflammatory #differential
Checklist Approach to Hypokalemia

Consider risk factors for arrhythmia:
 - EKG changes (especially QT prolongation)
 - Digoxin
incongruous with clinical ... magnesium can be ... DKA (either via central ... Internet Book of Critical ... Hypokalemia #Management #CriticalCare
Candidemia Workup and Management - IDSA Guidelines
1) Antibiotics
 • Empiric: Echinocandins (e.g. micafungin) for most patients
Lines and Tubes • Central ... due to central ... line, it should be ... unless clinical ... #candidiasis #treatment
Lyme Disease: Clinical diagnosis. Likely if recent hiking, travel to endemic area, erythema migrans (EM), an
Lyme Disease: Clinical ... or may not have central ... Treatment is doxycycline ... carditis, meningitis (see
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical ... failure should be ... agents, and source control ... management with early enteral ... Diagnosis #Management #CriticalCare