BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
Acute vestibular syndrome (AVS) is often due to vestibular neuritis but can result from vertebrobasilar strokes. Misdiagnosis of posterior fossa infarcts in emergency care… (More)
OBJECTIVE
To test the diagnostic accuracy of the horizontal head impulse test (h-HIT) of vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) function in distinguishing acute peripheral vestibulopathy (APV) from stroke.… (More)
jor medical symptom reported in general medical clinics and accounts for about 3%–5% of visits across care settings. In the United States, this translates to 10 million ambulatory visits per year… (More)
OBJECTIVE
To describe the spectrum of visits to US emergency departments (EDs) for acute dizziness and determine whether ED patients with dizziness are diagnosed as having a range of benign and… (More)
This paper presents diagnostic criteria for vestibular migraine, jointly formulated by the Committee for Classification of Vestibular Disorders of the Bárány Society and the Migraine Classification… (More)
Cerebellar infarction is an important cause of stroke that often presents with common and non-specific symptoms such as dizziness, nausea and vomiting, unsteady gait, and headache. Accurate diagnosis… (More)
Acute unilateral peripheral and central vestibular lesions can cause similar signs and symptoms, but they require different diagnostics and management. We therefore correlated clinical signs to… (More)
OBJECTIVE
To quantify precision in patient reports of different attributes of dizziness.
PATIENTS AND METHODS
In a cross-sectional study, we interviewed consecutive adult patients with dizziness at… (More)
Academic emergency medicine : official journal of…
2013
OBJECTIVES
Dizziness and vertigo account for about 4 million emergency department (ED) visits annually in the United States, and some 160,000 to 240,000 (4% to 6%) have cerebrovascular causes. Stroke… (More)