Category: Neurology
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Headache
Classification Common Causes of Headache PRIMARY HEADACHE SECONDARY HEADACHE TYPE % TYPE % Tension-type 69 Systemic infection 63 Migraine 16 Head injury 4 Idiopathic stabbing 2 Vascular disorders 1 Exertional 1 Subarachnoid hemorrhage <1 Cluster 0.1 Brain tumor 0.1 Source: After J Olesen et al: The Headaches. Philadelphia, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2005 Anatomy The…
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Dizziness and Vertigo
Differential Diagnosis From: AAFP The TITRATE approach From: TiTrATE: A Novel Approach to Diagnosing Acute Dizziness and Vertigo David E. Newman-Toker and Jonathan A. Edlow Work-Up TiTrate t-EVS BPPV orthostatic hypotension DANGEROUS: internal bleeding, POTS, intrathoracic emergencies, intrabdominal emergencies. s-EVS Meniere’s disease vestibular migraine vasovagal syncope panic attacks DANGEROUS: TIA (do ABCD’s) and cardiac arrhythmias…
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Updated Guidelines on Secondary Stroke Prevention – Neurology
About one in four strokes that occur annually are recurrent events. The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association has now updated its 2006 evidence-based recommendations for the prevention of stroke among survivors of ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA). The guidelines include recommendations, rated by class (degree of treatment effect) and evidence level, for risk-factor…
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Epley’s
This exercise works great for BPPV, a kind of vertigo. Try it and see if it works for you.