The use and misuse of the Dix-Hallpike test in the emergency department

Dmitriew, C; Bodunde, O; Regis, A; Lepage, R; Turgeon, Z; Johns, P; McIsaac, S; Ohle, R

Ohle, R (corresponding author), Northern Ontario Sch Med, Hlth Sci North Res Inst, Dept Emergency Med, 41 Ramsey Lake Rd, Sudbury, ON P3E 5J1, Canada.

CANADIAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE, ; ():

Abstract

Objectives A simple bedside test, the Dix-Hallpike test (DHT), can reliably diagnose benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) in patients with acut......

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