-
- Nancy Chawla and Jonathan S Olshaker.
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA. nchawla99@yahoo.com
- Med. Clin. North Am. 2006 Mar 1; 90 (2): 291-304.
AbstractDizziness and vertigo present in patients of all ages. Particularly in older patients, dizziness is associated with a variety of cardiovascular, neurosensory, and psychiatric conditions and with the use of multiple medications. For the patient, the symptoms can be debilitating. In patients older than 60 years, 20% have experienced dizziness severe enough to affect their daily activities. Appropriate diagnosis and treatment can significantly improve quality of life. Most causes of dizziness are benign, but early recognition of serious or life-threatening disease is important. Management of these patients includes referral for neuroimaging and further evaluation in an emergency department.
Notes
Knowledge, pearl, summary or comment to share?You can also include formatting, links, images and footnotes in your notes
- Simple formatting can be added to notes, such as
*italics*,_underline_or**bold**. - Superscript can be denoted by
<sup>text</sup>and subscript<sub>text</sub>. - Numbered or bulleted lists can be created using either numbered lines
1. 2. 3., hyphens-or asterisks*. - Links can be included with:
[my link to pubmed](http://pubmed.com) - Images can be included with:
 - For footnotes use
[^1](This is a footnote.)inline. - Or use an inline reference
[^1]to refer to a longer footnote elseweher in the document[^1]: This is a long footnote..