title: Emergency department approach to vertigo.
abstract: The patient presenting to the Emergency Department with the complaint of "dizziness" is one of the most common as well as most challenging problems confronting the emergency physician today. Because many of these patients are seeking medical help for the first time, it is imperative to have a solid knowledge base of the multiple potential areas capable of producing this symptom. This article is a review of these problems and their specific symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Division of Emergency Medicine, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Davis
mesh_terms: D007758:Ear, Inner / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D004630:Emergencies; D006801:Humans; D014717:Vertigo / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology