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An Educational Intervention for Acute Dizziness Care: A Randomized, Vignette-based Study
Importance: Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) is a common cause of acute dizziness. Strong evidence exists for diagnosing BPPV using the Dix-Hallpike Test (DHT) and treating it with the canalith repositioning maneuver (CRM). Despite this, both are infrequently used in the emergency department (ED). Objective: As an early method to evaluate a BPPV-focused educational intervention, we evaluated whether an educational intervention improved ED provider performance on hypothetical stroke and BPPV cases delivered by vignette. Design: A randomized, controlled, educational intervention study in ED physicians. The...
Source: Otology and Neurotology - August 17, 2019 Category: ENT & OMF Tags: VESTIBULAR DISORDERS Source Type: research