Correct Diagnosis for the Proper Treatment of Acute Vertigo-Putting the Diagnostic Horse Before the Therapeutic Cart

Jonathan A Edlow^{1

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3}, Yuri Agrawal⁴, David E Newman-Toker^{5

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7}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Department of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁴ Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁵ Department of Neurology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁶ Department of Otolaryngology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁷ Armstrong Institute Center for Diagnostic Excellence, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.

Comment

Jonathan A Edlow et al. JAMA Neurol. 2022.

. 2022 Sep 1;79(9):841-843.

doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2022.1493.

Jonathan A Edlow^{1

2

3}, Yuri Agrawal⁴, David E Newman-Toker^{5

6

7}

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Department of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁴ Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁵ Department of Neurology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁶ Department of Otolaryngology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁷ Armstrong Institute Center for Diagnostic Excellence, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.

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Efficacy of Benzodiazepines or Antihistamines for Patients With Acute Vertigo: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
Hunter BR, Wang AZ, Bucca AW, Musey PI Jr, Strachan CC, Roumpf SK, Propst SL, Croft A, Menard LM, Kirschner JM. Hunter BR, et al. JAMA Neurol. 2022 Sep 1;79(9):846-855. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2022.1858. JAMA Neurol. 2022. PMID: 35849408 Free PMC article.