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i.e. Severe Asymptomatic Hypertension and Severe Symptomatic Hypertension Anxiety Disorders Panic attack Obstructive Sleep Apnea Steroid use Use of over-the-counter drugs Recreational sympathomimetic drugs Amphetamine Toxicity Phencyclidine Toxicity Cocaine-Related...
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Most Common causes: -Idiopathic tinnitus (cause not found), -Sensorineural hearing loss (the most common identified cause) Tinnitus originating from within the auditory system Vascular Stroke Vascular malformations Small vessel disease Hypercoagulable states...
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Physiologic tremor Essential tremor / familial tremor Psychogenic tremor [abrupt onset, spontaneous remission, changing tremor characteristics, and extinction with distraction.] Parkinsonian tremor Cerebellar tremor (from Cerebellar disease) Dystonic tremor...
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Most common causes Obstructive sleep apnea Depression, anxiety Deconditioning Drugs (see below) Chronic fatigue syndrome, Fibromyalgia Pregnancy Anemia Vessel (flow): Cardiopulmonary -Obstructive sleep apnea, CHF, COPD, peripheral vascular disease, atypical angina...
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Common Causes Idiopathic Infantile Colic Corneal Abrasion or Eye Foreign Body Hair Tourniquet: around finger, toe, penis Infections Viral illness, Otitis media, Pharyngitis Pneumonitis Urinary tract infection, Acute Gastroenteritis Herpes stomatitis, Meningitis,...
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I. Using the VINDICATED MEN mnemonic Vessels (flow): In the head and brain: TIA, Stroke/intracranial hemorrhage; Brain stem stroke Heart failure (poor perfusion) Liver failure (encephalopathy). (lack of flow) Renal failure (uremic encephalopathy), (lack of flow) Fecal...
