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ReviewDer Nervenarzt2017

[Vertigo and dizziness in the emergency room].

A Zwergal, K Möhwald, M Dieterich

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Review in Der Nervenarzt, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

A ZwergalNeurologische Klinik und Poliklinik/ Deutsches Schwindel- und Gleichgewichtszentrum (DSGZ), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Klinikum Großhadern, Marchioninistraße 15, 81377, München, Deutschland. Andreas.Zwergal@med.uni-muenchen.de.
K MöhwaldDeutsches Schwindel- und Gleichgewichtszentrum (DSGZ), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Klinikum Großhadern, Marchioninistraße 15, 81377, München, Deutschland.
M DieterichNeurologische Klinik und Poliklinik/ Deutsches Schwindel- und Gleichgewichtszentrum (DSGZ), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Klinikum Großhadern, Marchioninistraße 15, 81377, München, Deutschland.
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vertigo and dizziness are among the most common chief complaints in the emergency department. Etiologies can be categorized into three subgroups: neurootological (vestibular), medical (especially cardiovascular, metabolic), and psychiatric disorders. The diagnostic approach in the emergency department is based on a systematic analysis of case history (type, time course of symptoms, modulating factors, associated symptoms), clinical examination of the vestibular, ocular motor, and cerebellar systems (head impulse test, nystagmus, skew deviation, positioning maneuver, test of gait and stance), as well as a basal monitoring (vital signs, 12-lead ECG, blood tests). For differentiation of peripheral and central etiologies in acute vestibular syndrome, the HINTS exam (head impulse test, nystagmus, test of skew) and examination of smooth pursuit and saccades should be applied. Nonselective use of neuroimaging is not indicated due to a low diagnostic yield. Cranial imaging should be done in the following constellations: (1) detection of focal neurological or central ocular motor and vestibular signs on clinical exam, (2) acute abasia with only minor ocular motor signs, (3) presence of various cardiovascular risk factors, (4) headache of unknown quality as an accompanying symptom. Besides the symptomatic therapy of vertigo and dizziness with antiemetics or analgesics, further diagnostic differentiation is urgent to guide proper treatment. Examples are the acute therapy in cerebral ischemia, the execution of positioning maneuvers in benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, the use of corticosteroids in acute unilateral vestibulopathy, as well as the readjustment of metabolic homeostasis in medical disorders.

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Cardiovascular DiseasesDiagnosis, DifferentialDizzinessEmergency Medical ServicesEmergency Service, HospitalEvidence-Based MedicineGermanyHumansMental DisordersMetabolic DiseasesTreatment OutcomeVertigoVestibular DiseasesAcute vestibular syndromeBenign paroxysmal positional vertigoCerebral ischemiaUnilateral vestibulopathyVestibular pseudoneuritis

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