title: Clinical Practice Guideline: Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (Update) Executive Summary.
abstract: The American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation has published a supplement to this issue of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery featuring the "Clinical Practice Guideline: Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (Update)." To assist in implementing the guideline recommendations, this article summarizes the rationale, purpose, and key action statements. The 14 recommendations developed emphasize diagnostic accuracy and efficiency, reducing the inappropriate use of vestibular suppressant medications, decreasing the inappropriate use of ancillary testing, and increasing the appropriate therapeutic repositioning maneuvers. An updated guideline is needed due to new clinical trials, new systematic reviews, and the lack of consumer participation in the initial guideline development group.
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Otolaryngology, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: Neil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bhattacharyya
authors.affiliation: 2 Department of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
authors.forename: Samuel P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Gubbels
authors.affiliation: 3 Department of Otolaryngology, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington, USA.
authors.forename: Seth R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Schwartz
authors.affiliation: 4 Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: Jonathan A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Edlow
authors.affiliation: 5 Department of Otolaryngology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
authors.forename: Hussam
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: El-Kashlan
authors.affiliation: 6 Barrow Neurological Institute and College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
authors.forename: Terry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fife
authors.affiliation: 7 Intermountain Hearing and Balance Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
authors.forename: Janene M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Holmberg
authors.affiliation: 8 Vestibular Disorders Association, Portland, Oregon, USA.
authors.forename: Kathryn
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mahoney
authors.affiliation: 9 Ear, Nose & Throat Specialists of Northern Virginia, PC, Arlington, Virginia, USA.
authors.forename: Deena B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Hollingsworth
authors.affiliation: 10 Alabama Hearing and Balance Associates, Inc, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.affiliation: 11 Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA.
authors.forename: Michael D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Seidman
authors.affiliation: 12 Department of Health Management and Systems Science and Department of Family and Geriatric Medicine, School of Public Health and Information Science, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
authors.forename: Robert W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Prasaad Steiner
authors.affiliation: 13 Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Health Sciences Center, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.
authors.forename: Betty
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tsai Do
authors.affiliation: 14 Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Courtney C J
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Voelker
authors.affiliation: 15 Department of Otolaryngology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
authors.forename: Richard W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Waguespack
authors.affiliation: 16 American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation, Alexandria, Virginia, USA.
authors.forename: Maureen D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Corrigan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000465:Algorithms; D065635:Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans
keywords: BPPV; benign paroxysmal positional vertigo