title: Cases from the Aerospace Medicine Residents' Teaching File: acute onset of dizziness in a USAF aviator.
abstract: An Air Force F-15 pilot develops the sudden onset of incapacitating dizziness with nausea and vomiting not associated with flight. Presentation, diagnosis, treatment, and aeromedical issues surrounding the symptom complex of acute onset vertigo is discussed.
authors.affiliation: USAF School of Aerospace Medicine, Brooks AFB, TX, USA.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Clark
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004244:Dizziness / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000821:virology*; D006801:Humans; D007762:Labyrinthitis / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008487:Medical History Taking; D008887:Military Medicine; D008889:Military Personnel; D010808:Physical Examination; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D014717:Vertigo / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000821:virology*; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000150:complications*