Dizziness: how do patients describe dizziness and how do emergency physicians use these descriptions for diagnosis?

Editorial

Louis R Caplan. Mayo Clin Proc. 2007 Nov.

. 2007 Nov;82(11):1313-5.

doi: 10.4065/82.11.1313.

No abstract available

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What do we really know about neurological misdiagnosis in the emergency department?
Self WH, Pang PS. Self WH, et al. Mayo Clin Proc. 2008 Feb;83(2):252; author reply 255. doi: 10.4065/83.2.252. Mayo Clin Proc. 2008. PMID: 18241638 No abstract available.
What do we really know about neurological misdiagnosis in the emergency department?
Edlow JA, Rothman RE, Barsan WG. Edlow JA, et al. Mayo Clin Proc. 2008 Feb;83(2):253-4; author reply 255. doi: 10.4065/83.2.253. Mayo Clin Proc. 2008. PMID: 18241639 No abstract available.
What do we really know about neurological misdiagnosis in the emergency department?
Wachtler J, Bell PA, Brabson T. Wachtler J, et al. Mayo Clin Proc. 2008 Feb;83(2):254-5; author reply 255. doi: 10.4065/83.2.254. Mayo Clin Proc. 2008. PMID: 18241640 No abstract available.

Overreliance on symptom quality in diagnosing dizziness: results of a multicenter survey of emergency physicians.
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Imprecision in patient reports of dizziness symptom quality: a cross-sectional study conducted in an acute care setting.
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