Source:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/id/15847010
Switch to
Predicate | Object |
---|---|
rdf:type | |
lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
2
|
pubmed:dateCreated |
2005-4-25
|
pubmed:abstractText |
Vertigo is an illusion of rotation due to a disorder of the vestibular system, almost always peripheral. In the history it must be distinguished from pre-syncope, seizures and panic attacks. A single attack of acute, isolated spontaneous vertigo lasting a day or more is due either to vestibular neuritis or cerebellar infarction; distinguishing between the two requires mastery of the head impulse test. Recurrent vertigo is mostly due to benign paroxysmal positioning vertigo (BPPV), Meniere's disease or migraine. With a good history, a positional test, an audiogram and a caloric test, it is usually possible to distinguish between these. BPPV is the single most common cause of recurrent vertigo and can usually be cured immediately with a particle repositioning manoeuvre. Posterior circulation ischaemia very rarely causes isolated vertigo attacks and when it does the attacks are brief and frequent and the history is short.
|
pubmed:commentsCorrections | |
pubmed:language |
eng
|
pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
|
pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
|
pubmed:issn |
1470-2118
|
pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
|
pubmed:volume |
5
|
pubmed:owner |
NLM
|
pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
|
pubmed:pagination |
159-65
|
pubmed:dateRevised |
2005-11-16
|
pubmed:meshHeading | |
pubmed:articleTitle |
Diagnosis and management of vertigo.
|
pubmed:affiliation |
Neurology Department, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
|
pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Review
|