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Clinical diagnosis of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo and vestibular neuritis

Peter Johns and James Quinn
CMAJ February 24, 2020 192 (8) E182-E186; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.190334
Peter Johns
Department of Emergency Medicine (Johns), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Emergency Medicine (Quinn), Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
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Department of Emergency Medicine (Johns), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Emergency Medicine (Quinn), Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
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    Flow chart of the initial approach to the diagnosis of acute vertigo. With permission from Tintinalli JE, Ma OJ, Yealy DM, et al. Tintinalli’s emergency medicine: a comprehensive study guide, 9th edition. New York: McGraw Hill; 2020. Note: BPPV = benign paroxysmal positional vertigo; HINTS plus = head impulse, nystagmus and test of skew, with plus refering to a test of recent hearing loss; HIT = head impulse test.

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