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Does my dizzy patient have a stroke? A systematic review of bedside diagnosis in acute vestibular syndrome
Alexander A. Tarnutzer, Aaron L. Berkowitz, Karen A. Robinson, Yu-Hsiang Hsieh and David E. Newman-Toker
CMAJ June 14, 2011 183 (9) E571-E592; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.100174
Alexander A. Tarnutzer
From the Departments of Neurology (Tarnutzer, Berkowitz, Newman-Toker), Medicine (Robinson) and Emergency Medicine (Hsieh, Newman-Toker), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
MDAaron L. Berkowitz
From the Departments of Neurology (Tarnutzer, Berkowitz, Newman-Toker), Medicine (Robinson) and Emergency Medicine (Hsieh, Newman-Toker), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
MD PhDKaren A. Robinson
From the Departments of Neurology (Tarnutzer, Berkowitz, Newman-Toker), Medicine (Robinson) and Emergency Medicine (Hsieh, Newman-Toker), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
PhDYu-Hsiang Hsieh
From the Departments of Neurology (Tarnutzer, Berkowitz, Newman-Toker), Medicine (Robinson) and Emergency Medicine (Hsieh, Newman-Toker), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
PhDDavid E. Newman-Toker
From the Departments of Neurology (Tarnutzer, Berkowitz, Newman-Toker), Medicine (Robinson) and Emergency Medicine (Hsieh, Newman-Toker), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
MD PhD
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Does my dizzy patient have a stroke? A systematic review of bedside diagnosis in acute vestibular syndrome
Alexander A. Tarnutzer, Aaron L. Berkowitz, Karen A. Robinson, Yu-Hsiang Hsieh, David E. Newman-Toker
CMAJ Jun 2011, 183 (9) E571-E592; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.100174
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- Article
- Literature review and analysis
- How common is acute vestibular syndrome?
- What are the most common causes?
- What elements of clinical history are useful for diagnosis?
- What findings on physical examination are useful for diagnosis?
- What role does laboratory-based audiovestibular testing play in diagnosis?
- What role does neuroimaging play in diagnosis?
- What if the diagnosis of stroke is missed?
- Limitations
- Conclusion
- Appendix 1: Detailed search and selection strategy
- Appendix 2: Links to videos showing examination techniques and results of bedside diagnostic predictors of stroke in patients with and without acute vestibular syndrome
- Appendix 3: Audiometric and vestibular testing in acute vestibular syndrome
- Footnotes
- References
- Figures & Tables
- Responses
- Metrics
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