Responses to the Dix-Hallpike test in primary care: A comparison between subjective and objective benign paroxysmal positional vertigo

Responses to the Dix-Hallpike test in primary care: A comparison between subjective and objective benign paroxysmal positional vertigo

Patients who experience both vertigo and nystagmus in the Dix-Hallpike test (DHT) are diagnosed with objective benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV). This test provokes only vertigo in between 11% and 48% of patients, who are diagnosed with subjective BPPV. Detection of nystagmus has important...

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Main Authors: José Luis Ballve Moreno, Ricard Carrillo Muñoz, Yolanda Rando Matos, Iván Villar Balboa, Oriol Cunillera Puértolas, Jesús Almeda Ortega
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Elsevier 2021-10-01
Series:Atención Primaria
Subjects:
Vértigo posicional paroxístico benigno
Atención Primaria
Nistagmo patológico
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0212656721000573

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