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• Ann Emerg Med · Apr 2001

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  Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo: diagnosis and treatment in the emergency department--a review of the literature and discussion of canalith-repositioning maneuvers.

  Dizziness is a frequent presenting complaint in emergency department patients. Although seen in patients of all ages, it is more prevalent in patients older than 50 years of age. ⋯ The illusion of motion may be of oneself (subjective vertigo) or of external objects (objective vertigo). The emergency physician should consider a large differential in the evaluation of vertigo with special attention to whether the vertigo is central or peripheral in origin.

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