The use of the bedside examination to diagnose patients with acute dizziness and vertigo

VernacularTitle:急性头晕或眩晕患者的床旁检查
Author: Yingjie LI ; Wei NI ; Yanan LI
Keywords: Dizziness/DI; Vertigo/DI; Point-of-care systems; Review
From: Journal of Chinese Physician 2017;19(4):637-640,封3
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: The causes of dizziness and vertigo were complex.The traditional diagnostic paradigm was based on symptom quality- what do you mean dizzy? According to this system,a patient with vertigo has a different list of possible causes than those who endorselightheadedness.The new diagnostic paradigm was based on their description of the timing,triggers of symptom strengthened the context of the vertigo medicine.More emergency physicians (EPs) lacked a significant knowledge regarding bedside examination and extensively convinced neuroimaging,resulting in misdiagnosis of serious causes such as stroke,unnecessary use of neuroimaging,and failure to institute specific treatment for many patients with inner ear causes of dizziness.This article focuses on how to use bedside physical examination to more accurately diagnose patients who present with acue dizziness,vertigo,or other similar vestiblar symptoms.This,in turn,could lead to lower rates of misdiagnosis,decrease utilization of expensive imaging studies,and increase in prompt,and correct treatments,thereby to improve patient outcomes.