NR 603-Week 1- Dizziness
What are the three classes of dizziness - answer vertigo
presyncope
syncope
What is vertigo? - answer the illusion of movement either of oneself or the environment
Peripheral causes of vertigo – answer BPPV
vestibular neuronitis
acute labyrinthitis
Meniere's Disease
head trauma
Central causes of vertigo - answerbrainstem or cerebellar ischemia or hemorrhage
tumors
multiple sclerosis
migrainous syndrome
Presyncopal lightheaddedness is often referred to as - answera sense of wooziness or
impending faint
Cardiac conditions associated with lightheaddedness or syncope include -
answerarrythmias
sick sinus syndrome
mitral valve prolapse
aortic stenosis
heart block
What are the three classes of dizziness - answer vertigo
presyncope
syncope
What is vertigo? - answer the illusion of movement either of oneself or the environment
Peripheral causes of vertigo – answer BPPV
vestibular neuronitis
acute labyrinthitis
Meniere's Disease
head trauma
Central causes of vertigo - answerbrainstem or cerebellar ischemia or hemorrhage
tumors
multiple sclerosis
migrainous syndrome
Presyncopal lightheaddedness is often referred to as - answera sense of wooziness or
impending faint
Cardiac conditions associated with lightheaddedness or syncope include -
answerarrythmias
sick sinus syndrome
mitral valve prolapse
aortic stenosis
heart block
