Christina M. Powell, DO: No financial relationships to disclose
“Dizziness” and “unsteadiness” are daunting complaints in the ED. An acute change in gait or coordination can represent a wide range of disease processes that can be difficult to quickly tease apart. This lecture will help identify the temporal relationship of symptom progression, as well as relevant questions and physical exam findings in order to rapidly differentiate emergent and reversible causes of acute ataxia. Learn to separate the differential into vestibular, sensory, cerebellar, and antalgic forms of ataxia, focusing on the acute intervenable causes.
Learning Objectives:
After this session, the learner will be able to identifying whether the patient has an acute cause of ataxia.
After this session, the learner will be able to apply specific questions and physical examination tests to aid the diagnostic approach towards the complaint of acute ataxia.
After this session, the learner will be able to identify vestibular, sensory, cerebellar, and antalgic forms of acute ataxia.
