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REBOOT #49 Vertigo and Dizziness: How to Treat, Who to Send Home, and Who Might Have a Stroke

The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast

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The Dix Hallpike Test Is a Very Specific Test for Poster Cannot Be Pv

The dix halpike and the eple are a highly specific test for poster cannot be pv if it's done properly. The sensitivity of the test is less well known, because there're going to be some people who don't show the nestagnus. But i can tell you that in the vast majority of people that go to the trouble of being seen by a doctor for dizziness or vertigo, that usually you can see the nestagmus.

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