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Causes of Dizziness - Vertigo - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
True Vertigo - Illusion of Rotary Movement
Peripheral Vestibular
Causes of Dizziness ... vomiting, auditory symptoms ... oscillopsia) • Otitis Media ... symptoms/signs, ... #Vertigo #Neurology
Diagnostic Algorithm for Dizziness and Vertigo
Peripheral Vertigo:
 • Attacks: Sudden, severe, can last anywhere from seconds
Algorithm for Dizziness ... Varies • No neurologic ... No auditory symptoms ... Long symptom-free ... intervals #Dizziness
Dizziness and Vertigo Algorithm
Presyncope:
 • Feels "faint" or like they are going to "pass out"
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Dizziness and Vertigo ... "pass out" • Symptoms ... consciousness Vertigo ... EricsMedicalLectures/ #Dizziness ... differential #diagnosis #neurology
TiTrATE schema to approach to Dizziness
 • Time Course: Continuous or Episodic
 • Triggers: Present or
to approach to Dizziness ... additional history "Dizziness ... yet imprecise symptom ... • Vestibular (vertigo ... differential #diagnosis #neurology
Serotonin-Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors(SNRIs): Mechanisms and Side Effects

Withdrawal: Dizziness, Diarrhea, Insomnia, Nausea, Vomiting
Serotonin Syndrome - Potentially Life
Withdrawal: Dizziness ... Insomnia, Fatigue, Vertigo ... SerotoninNorepinephrine #Inhibitors #Pathophysiology ... Diagnosis #Signs #Symptoms
Differentiating Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) From Vestibular Neuritis-Labyrinthitis
BENIGN PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGO
 • Age: More common
Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo ... • Frequency of symptoms ... symptoms • Head ... Labyrinthitis #diagnosis #neurology ... #comparison
Characteristics of Peripheral and Central Vertigo
PERIPHERAL VERTIGO
 • Onset: Sudden
 • Intensity: Severe initially, often decreasing
Peripheral and Central Vertigo ... PERIPHERAL VERTIGO ... BPPV); worsens vertigo ... findings #signs #symptoms ... #comparison #neurology
Mastoiditis: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Acute or Chronic Otitis Media -> 
Stage 1: Hyperemeia of the mastoid
Chronic Otitis Media ... nausea, vomiting, dizziness ... , vertigo, nystagmus ... #Mastoiditis #pathophysiology ... #signs #symptoms
Trendelenburg Gait: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Skeletal Pathology of the Hip
 • Arthritis
 • Congenital hip dysplasia
Chondrodysplasia Neurologic ... tears of gluteus medius ... abduction and medial ... Trendelenburg #Gait #pathophysiology ... #causes #symptoms
Subclavian steal syndrome (SSS) 
Subclavian artery narrowing or oclussion near the proximal portion of the vertebral
pressure 2️⃣ Neurologic ... symptoms: dizziness ... , vertigo, diplopia ... syndrome #SSS #pathophysiology