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J Neurosci Rural Pract · Apr 2015
Acute dizziness in rural practice: Proposal of a diagnostic procedure.
- Ehab Eid, Sajed Dastan, and Josef G Heckmann.
- Medical School, University of Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt ; Department of Neurology, Municipal Hospital Landshut, Landshut, Germany.
- J Neurosci Rural Pract. 2015 Apr 1; 6 (2): 272-6.
AbstractAcute dizziness is a frequent index symptom in the emergency department as well as in the rural practice office. Most acute dizziness, however, is not dangerous, but some types are highly dangerous. Clinical routine acute dizziness can be separated into frequent benign syndromes including benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), vestibular neuritis, Meniθre's disease or vestibular migraine, and what is here referred to as the "white shark" of dizziness, i.e. a stroke in the posterior circulation or more rarely a tumor in the posterior fossa. A practical concept is presented to clarify most frequent acute dizziness syndromes using clinical and low budget methods.
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