Vestibular Review

What is the most common cause of vertigo dizziness?

• Orthostatic hypotension

• BPPV

• Vestibular Neuritis

• Cerebellar stroke

How might someone describe disequilibrium dizziness?

• Wobbly legs

• About to pass out

• Spinning

• Floating

Direction changing nystagmus is…

• Central Pathology

• Peripheral Pathology

Triggering dizziness always causes harm.

• True

• False

Which effect of meclizine is a problem to your assessment of someone’s dizziness?

• Vestibular suppressant

• Antihistamine

• Anti-nausea

• Anti-emesis

Subjective gathering is not important to determine type of dizziness.

• True

• False

If MD enters PT consult for “Epley maneuver”, you might not perform an Epley maneuver on that patient.

• True

• False

Per chart review, MRI is negative for stroke. Your consult is for “BPPV”, can you assume you’ll find all peripheral signs?

• Yes

• No

• Maybe

Chiari I Malformation involves malformation of which brain structure?

• Brainstem

• Cerebrum

• Corpus Callosum

• Cerebellum

What is not included in the HINTS exam?

• Head impulse test

• VOR cancellation

• Gaze evoked nystagmus

• Skew deviation