Risk of injury after emergency department visit for acute peripheral vertigo: a matched-cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Peripheral vertigo is one of the most common causes of the emergency department (ED) visits. It can impair balance and might predispose patients to injuries after discharge. The purpose of this study was to determine whether peripheral vertigo is associated with an increased risk of trauma.

Methods

This matched-cohort study used the nationally representative dataset of de-identified claim information of 1 million randomly sampled individuals from a real Korean population, from 2002 to 2013. The exposure cohort included patients who visited EDs for new-onset peripheral vertigo without prior or concurrent injury. Each patient was randomly matched to five unexposed individuals (also without previous injury) by incidence density sampling. The primary outcome was a new

SUBMITTER: Kim H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7550811 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature