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Acute vertigo: quick reference for HINTS and differential diagnosis

…Assess gait and truncal stability and investigate for a central cause. Acute vestibular syndrome is often caused by acute unilateral vestibulopathy, commonly called vestibular neuritis…

Dix–Hallpike test and Epley manoeuvre

…dysarthria, dysphagia, ataxia Posterior circulation stroke Unilateral hearing loss or tinnitus Ménière's disease, vestibular schwannoma, labyrinthitis Continuous vertigo that does not come in attacks…

Foreign body in the ear and nose

…bead, stone, toy Within a day or so Unilateral, foul smelling nasal discharge in a small child is a foreign body until proven otherwise. Contraindications…

Primary Aldosteronism: Screening and Management

…balance. The principal sporadic subtypes are: Aldosterone producing adrenal adenoma Bilateral adrenal hyperplasia Primary or unilateral adrenal hyperplasia Rare aldosterone producing adrenal carcinoma Less commonly…

Nasogastric tube

…1. Inspect both nasal passages and choose the more patent one. Ask the patient about a previous nasal fracture or unilateral nasal obstruction. 2. Measure…

Acute exacerbation of COPD: quick reference

…failure Rapidly falling pH An urgent ventilatory problem Focal chest pain or unilaterally reduced breath sounds Consider pneumothorax New arrhythmia or ischaemic ECG changes Concomitant…

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