BrainWaves: A Neurology Podcast

#36 Teaching through clinical cases: Acute vestibular syndrome

BrainWaves: A Neurology Podcast

In 2016, Dr. Ali Hamedani summarized the basic principles underlying a neurologic evaluation for acute dizziness--the acute vestibular syndrome. We've remastered the prior show, and added in a few new factoids for ya in this 2019 remake. Enjoy!

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REFERENCES

1. Kerber KA. Acute constant dizziness. Continuum (Minneap Minn). 2012;18:1041-59.

2. Lempert T. Vestibular migraine. Semin Neurol. 2013;33:212-8.

3. Kim JS and Zee DS. Clinical practice. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo. The New England journal of medicine. 2014;370:1138-47.

4. Kattah JC, Talkad AV, Wang DZ, Hsieh YH and Newman-Toker DE. HINTS to diagnose stroke in the acute vestibular syndrome: three-step bedside oculomotor examination more sensitive than early MRI diffusion-weighted imaging. Stroke; a journal of cerebral circulation. 2009;40:3504-10.

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