BMJ : British medical journal
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Clinical Trial Controlled Clinical Trial
Evaluation of investigations to diagnose the cause of dizziness in elderly people: a community based controlled study.
To compare the findings in dizzy elderly people with those in controls of a similar age to identify which investigations differentiate dizzy from non-dizzy patients and to design an investigational algorithm. ⋯ Expensive investigations are rarely helpful in dizzy elderly people. The cause of the dizziness can be diagnosed in most cases on the basis of a thorough clinical examination without recourse to hospital referral.