ArticleJournal of neurology2020
Risk of acute brain lesions in dizzy patients presenting to the emergency room: who needs imaging and who does not?
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 39 citations in OpenAlex.
- The Epidemiology and Clinical Presentation of the Acute Imbalance Syndrome (AIS)-A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.European journal of neurology · 2026Pooled it
- Diagnostic yield of MRI in adult patients with dizziness or vertigo at the emergency department: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European radiology · 2026Pooled it
- Accuracy of video head impulse test in stroke diagnosis during acute vestibular syndrome: a systematic review with meta-analysis.Journal of neurology · 2025Pooled it
- Head impulse, nystagmus, and test of skew examination for diagnosing central causes of acute vestibular syndrome.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- [The SCD diagnostic strategy, procedure and pathway for episodic vestibular syndrome].Lin chuang er bi yan hou tou jing wai ke za zhi = Journal of clinical otorhinolaryngology head and neck surgery · 2026Review
- Emergency MRI in acute dizziness and headache: current insights and future directions.Frontiers in neurology · 2026Review
- Diagnostic challenges in posterior circulation ischemic stroke presenting with acute dizziness and vertigo.Frontiers in neurology · 2026Review
- Identification of coagulation-related hub genes in ischemic stroke based on bioinformatics integration analysis and investigation of their immune regulatory mechanisms.European journal of medical research · 2025Article
- [The diagnostic strategy, procedure and pathway for acute vestibular syndrome SCD].Lin chuang er bi yan hou tou jing wai ke za zhi = Journal of clinical otorhinolaryngology head and neck surgery · 2025Article
- Improving the Diagnostic Workup of Vertigo: A Multidisciplinary Review.Spartan medical research journal · 2025Review
- Prehospital patients with acute isolated vertigo and imbalance referred for cerebral thrombolysis.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Article
- Consensus paper on the management of acute isolated vertigo in the emergency department.Internal and emergency medicine · 2024Article
- Imaging Outcomes of Emergency MR Imaging in Dizziness and Vertigo: A Retrospective Cohort Study.AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology · 2024Article
- Do monosymptomatic stroke patients with dizziness present a vestibular syndrome without nystagmus? An underestimated entity.European journal of neurology · 2024Article
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- Significance of Vertigo, Imbalance, and Other Minor Symptoms in Hyperacute Treatment of Posterior Circulation Stroke.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Article
- The pharmacological treatment of acute vestibular syndrome.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Review
- A Simple Gain-Based Evaluation of the Video Head Impulse Test Reliably Detects Normal Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex Indicative of Stroke in Patients With Acute Vestibular Syndrome.Frontiers in neurology · 2021Article
- Pitfalls in the Diagnosis of Posterior Circulation Stroke in the Emergency Setting.Frontiers in neurology · 2021Review
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Abstract
The usefulness of brain imaging studies in dizzy patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) is controversial. We aimed to assess the 'real-world' probability of ischemic stroke and other acute brain lesions (ABLs) in these patients to create an algorithm that helps decision-making on whether which and when brain imaging is needed. By reviewing medical records, we identified 610 patients presenting with dizziness, vertigo or imbalance to our university hospital's ED and receiving neurological workup. We collected timing/triggers of symptoms, ABCD
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