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Diagnostic Algorithm for Dizziness and Vertigo
Peripheral Vertigo:
 • Attacks: Sudden, severe, can last anywhere from seconds
Diagnostic Algorithm ... neurologic findings • Auditory ... present • No auditory ... No auditory symptoms ... #Algorithm #differential
Causes of Dizziness - Vertigo - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
True Vertigo - Illusion of Rotary Movement
Peripheral Vestibular
of Dizziness - Vertigo ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... True Vertigo - ... and vomiting, auditory ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
HINTS Exam - Distinguishing Central from Peripheral Vertigo
 • Head Impulse: Head thrust 10° with eyes
from Peripheral Vertigo ... cover and uncover each ... Central #Peripheral #Vertigo ... bppv #comparison #table
Tinnitus - Subjective (heard only by patient) - 90% - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unilateral On Audiogram -
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... of Cochlear or Auditory ... External or Middle Ear ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Cholesteatoma (of middle ear): Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Congenital trapping of keratinizing epithelium in middle
in the middle ear ... mass in middle ear ... Erosion of external auditory ... canal (EAC) • ... Labyrinthine fistula • Vertigo
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
functional status - Able ... metabolic equivalent able ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... Stable patients ... indication of AC
Dix-HaIlpike Maneuver
 • Turn head to 45° and then rapidly lay patient to a supine position
20° over end of table ... toward the affected ear ... Maneuver #neurology #vertigo
Ear Pain / Otalgia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Referred Otaliga:
 • Via Vagus or Glossopharyngeal Nerves
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Ear Pain / Otalgia ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Parotiditis External Auditory ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Semont Liberatory Maneuver for Treatment of BPPV
1) The patient is seated upright on the side of
the examination table ... affected right ear ... any nystagmus or vertigo ... any nystagmus or vertigo ... BPPV #positional #vertigo
Semont Liberatory Maneuver for Treatment of BPPV
1) The patient is seated upright on the side of
the examination table ... affected right ear ... any nystagmus or vertigo ... any nystagmus or vertigo ... BPPV #positional #vertigo