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Causes of Dizziness - Vertigo - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
True Vertigo - Illusion of Rotary Movement
Peripheral Vestibular
Causes of Dizziness ... Rotary Movement Peripheral ... Temporal Bone Fracture ... Hemorrhage #Dizzy ... Dizziness #Vertigo #Neurology
Mechanisms of Pain
Mixed - Nociceptive/Neuropathic
Nociceptive - Tissue Damage
 - Visceral - (From organ/cavity lining) Poorly localized,
lancinating - Peripheral ... Limb • Post-stroke ... #Mechanisms #Neurology ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Management Summary Causes ... Heat injury, Heat stroke ... symptoms: - Muscle pain ... - Abdominal pain ... #treatment #nephrology
Causes of Syncope - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac - Arrhythmia:
 • Tachyarrhythmia
 • Bradyarrhythmia
 • Supraventricular Tachycardia
Causes of Syncope ... Dehydration • Hypovolemia ... • Emotional Peripheral ... Bladder Emptying • Pain ... Defecation #Syncope #Neurology
Algorithm - Approach to the differential diagnosis of the patient presenting with overt glomerular proteinuria. CMV
Algorithm - Approach ... arbitrarily defined as ... nervous system (stroke ... lymphadenopathy, pleuritic pain ... nephrotic #syndrome #nephrology
Diagnostic algorithm for differentiating vestibular neuritis from stroke in patients with AVS. This sequence of testing
neuritis from stroke ... components: targeted neurologic ... testing gait in any dizzy ... disposition, even if the cause ... is peripheral.
Cushing's Syndrome - Hypercortisolism - Diagnosis and Clinical Features
1) Skin
 • Thin, easily bruisable skin with
purple abdominal striae ... , oral cavity) Caused ... , pathological fractures ... Cataracts Labs: Hypokalemia ... glucose uptake in peripheral
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
continence • Pain ... compression by fractured ... Non-compressive Spinal Cord Causes ... disorders #diagnosis #neurology ... differential #algorithm