RT Book, Section
A1 Lauth, William B.
A2 Sherman, Scott C.
A2 Weber, Joseph M.
A2 Schindlbeck, Michael A.
A2 Rahul G., Patwari
SR Print(0)
ID 1101228526
T1 Dizziness
T2 Clinical Emergency Medicine
YR 2014
FD 2014
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-179460-2
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1101228526
RD 2024/04/19
AB The  patient's  definition  of  “dizziness”  must  be  clarified  with  a  careful  and  explicit  history  taken  by  the  health  care  provider.True  vertigo  must  be  differentiated  from  other  types  of  dizziness.Attempt  to  distinguish  peripheral  from  central  vertigo.Consider  life-threatening  causes  of  dizziness  such  as  cardiac  syncope  and  cerebellar  infarct  or  hemorrhage  in  all  patients,  especially  the  elderly.