title: Evidence-based practice: management of vertigo.
abstract: The article focuses on the evidence basis for the management of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, the most common diagnosis of vertigo in both primary care and subspecialty settings. An overview is presented, along with evidence-based clinical assessment, diagnosis, and management. Summaries of differential diagnosis of vertigo and outcomes are presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University, 3181 Sam Jackson Park Road PV01, Portland, OR 97239, USA. nguyanh@ohsu.edu
authors.forename: Anh T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Nguyen-Huynh
mesh_terms: D065635:Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo; D003714:Denervation / Q000379:methods*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D019468:Disease Management; D055317:Evidence-Based Practice; D006801:Humans; D056888:Patient Positioning / Q000379:methods*; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D012665:Semicircular Canals / Q000294:innervation / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D060205:Therapeutic Occlusion / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014717:Vertigo / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D014724:Vestibular Function Tests / Q000379:methods*