Acute dizziness is a common presentation in the urgent care setting. Due to newer research, the diagnostic approach to dizziness has changed, now focusing on its timing and triggers of instead of the patient s symptom quality (vertigo vs lightheadedness). Each timing-and-triggers category has its own differential diagnosis and diagnostic approach, which will aid clinicians in distinguishing benign causes of dizziness from life-threatening causes. Brain imaging, even with magnetic resonance imaging, has important limitations in ruling out stroke presenting with dizziness, elevating accurate clinical diagnosis to an even greater level of importance. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo can be treated with repositioning maneuvers at the bedside, offering cost-effective management options.
- Provider:EB Medicine
- Activity Link: https://www.ebmedicine.net/topics/heent/urgent-care-dizziness
- Start Date: 2024-02-01 06:00:00
- End Date: 2024-02-01 06:00:00
- Credit Details: AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™️: 4.0 hours
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