The dizzy older person Flashcards by Hannah Wilkinson | Brainscape

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What is vertigo?

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What is pre-syncope?

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What are the key inputs to balance?

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What is the integration of balance?.

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What are the key outputs of balance?

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Which part of the ear is important in vestibular function?

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Semi-circular canals

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Hair cells in the ears connect with which nerve?

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Vestibular

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What is the sensory pathway of balance?

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What problems can you get in increasing age that affect balance?

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How does the balance pathway change with age?

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what examinations would you do in a dizzy patient?

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What is peripheral vestibular dysfunction?

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What central nervous system causes are there of dizziness?

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What are some causes of pre-syncope?

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What are the acute causes of vertigo?

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What are the sub-acute/chronic causes of vertigo?

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What is BPPV?

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What manoeuvre can you do to test for vertigo?

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Dix-Hallpike

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Which manoeuvre can treat vertigo?

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Epley

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What is meniere’s disease?

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What is labyrinthitis and vestibular neuritis?

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If vertigo is worsening but not precipitated by head movement, what could the cause be?

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Labyrinthitis or vestibular neuritis

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How is labyrinthitis or vestibular neuritis treated?

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Symptomatically.
Symptoms usually subside after a few weeks

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What is a vestibular migraine?

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Difference between vestibular and central vertigo?

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What is Multisensory dysequilibrium?

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What is vestibular rehabilitation?

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What vestibular exercises are there?

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Which drugs can be given for acute vertigo?

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Which drug can be given for meniere’s disease?

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