A symptom, not a disease process. Causes can be peripheral or central, benign, or life-threatening. Cause determines treatment.
May be described as a sensation of movement (“room spin...
Focus on triggers and timing (2).
TiTrATE is a clinically useful evaluation tool: Timing, Triggers, And a Targeted Evaluation (1,2).
Timing: episodic or continuous. Episodic may last se...
BPPV: Epley maneuver and modified Epley maneuver (2)[A] (Epley maneuver–YouTube) (5)[B]
Vestibular neuritis and labyrinthitis
Vestibular-suppressant...
R42 Dizziness and giddiness
H81.10 Benign paroxysmal vertigo, unspecified ear
H81.49 Vertigo of central origin, unspecified ear
H81.399 Other peripheral vertigo, unspecified ear
H81.311 Aural v...
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Acute, spontaneous, continuous vertigo with a normal horizontal head impulse, direction-changing nystagmus, and skew deviation (HINTS positive) is highly sensit...
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