Managing Patients With Acute Episodic Dizziness

Three percent of emergency department (ED) patients present with dizziness, vertigo, lightheadedness, or imbalance.1 The descriptive word that the patient uses is not diagnostically meaningful. Contrary to conventional wisdom, the answer to "What do you mean by 'dizzy'?" should not be used to drive the evaluation. History-taking of a patient with dizziness should be no different from that of any other patient.

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