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The head impulse test (HIT) result is positive (abnormal) in nearly all patients with a peripheral
peripheral cause of AVS and ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam ... VestibularSyndrome #Posterior ... #CVA #Peripheral ... #HeadImpulse #Testing
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
 •
Cauda Equina Syndrome ... Diagnosis: • ... posterior thigh ... #differential # ... diagnosis #causes
Orthopedic Dislocations (Shoulder, Elbow and Hip) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Shoulder Dislocation
 • Fall on the
Orthopedic Dislocations ... Hip) - Diagnosis ... elbow fully as a test ... Affected hip and ... knee are flexed
Disseminated Gonococcal Infection - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Bacteremic spread of the Gram-negative diplococci Neisseria gonorrhoeae. History
susceptibility testing ... the preferred test ... the workup • Test ... all patients for HIV ... Distal joints, knees
Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Type A: Impaired O2 Delivery (DO2)
 • Decreased O2 Delivery: Hypotension
- Differential Diagnosis ... Ischemia, Compartment Syndrome ... separate D-lactate testing ... Bacteria ferment and ... #Differential #
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
occipital and parietal ... narrowing on MRA/CTA ... Reversible course Differential ... thrombosis Testing ... occipital and parietal
Diagnostic algorithm for differentiating vestibular neuritis from stroke in patients with AVS. This sequence of testing
Diagnostic algorithm ... acute vestibular syndrome ... #Diagnosis #AVS ... #Posterior #CVA ... Exam #Vestibular #Syndrome
Hearing Loss - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hearing Loss Types:
• Conductive
• Sensorineural
• Mixed
Presbycusis is the most common type
Hearing Loss - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... II ○ Susac’s syndrome ... trauma ○ MS, CVA ... #Diagnosis #otology
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
HIV) - Vitamin ... the lesion Posterior ... involvement Cauda ... #lesions #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Cold Agglutinin Syndrome ... Positive Coombs testing ... Mycoplasma, EBV, HIV ... younger pts) Differential ... test #cold #