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CNS Causes of Vertigo: Follow-up
Updated: Sep 10, 2009
Follow-up
Further Outpatient Care
After the underlying cause of vertigo has been identified and treated, supportive care with vestibular suppressants and antiemetics are indicated to relieve the vertigo. Early initiation of vestibular rehabilitation is an important and effective intervention.
Patient Education
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Further Reading
Clinical guidelines
Fife TD, Iverson DJ, Lempert T, Furman JM, Baloh RW, Tusa RJ, Hain TC, Herdman S, Morrow MJ, Gronseth GS, Quality Standards Subcommittee, American Academy of Neurology. Practice parameter: therapies for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (an evidence-based review): report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology. Neurology 2008 May 27;70(22):2067-74. 21
Bhattacharyya N, Baugh RF, Orvidas L, Barrs D, Bronston LJ, Cass S, Chalian AA, Desmond AL, Earll JM, Fife TD, Fuller DC, Judge JO, Mann NR, Rosenfeld RM, Schuring LT, Steiner RW, Whitney SL, Haidari J, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation. Clinical practice guideline: benign paroxysmal positional vertigo. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2008 Nov;139(5 Suppl 4):S47-81. 22
Turski PA, Seidenwurm DJ, Davis PC, Brunberg JA, De La Paz RL, Dormont PD, Hackney DB, Jordan JE, Karis JP, Mukherji SK, Wippold FJ II, Zimmerman RD, McDermott MW, Sloan MA, Expert Panel on Neurologic Imaging. Vertigo and hearing loss. [online publication]. Reston (VA): American College of Radiology (ACR); 2006. 8 p.
Keywords
CNS causes of vertigo, vertigo, dizziness, imbalance, disequilibrium, migraine-associated vertigo, presyncopal, vertebrobasilar artery insufficiency, vestibular function, VBA insufficiency, posterior fossa cerebrovascular disease, cerebellar tumors, temporal lobe tumors, brainstem lesions, cerebellopontine angle tumors, CPA tumors, multiple sclerosis, posttraumatic vertigo, familial periodic ataxia syndromes, Lyme neuroborreliosis, psychogenic vertigo, migraine-associated vertigo, migraine, migraine headache, nystagmus
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