Vestibular syndromes, diagnosis and diagnostic errors in patients with dizziness presenting to the emergency department: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We aimed to determine the frequency of vestibular syndromes, diagnoses, diagnostic errors and resources used in patients with dizziness in the emergency department (ED).

Design

Retrospective cross-sectional study.

Setting

Tertiary referral hospital.

Participants

Adult patients presenting with dizziness.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

We collected clinical data from the initial ED report from July 2015 to August 2020 and compared them with the follow-up report if available. We calculated the prevalence of vestibular syndromes and stroke prevalence in patients with dizziness. Vestibular syndromes are differentiated in acute (AVS) (eg, stroke, vestibular neuritis), episodic (EVS) (eg, benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, transient ischae

SUBMITTER: Comolli L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10040076 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature