A practical approach to dizziness

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Sorting out a patient's complaint of dizziness can be almost as disorienting to the physician as the dizziness is to the patient. Some of the confusion may be due to the variety of symptoms that often accompany dizziness and the hard-to-describe nature of the symptoms. But another factor may be that physicians lack a systematic approach to the problem. Dr Ruckenstein provides a stepwise method of evaluating dizziness built around a set of pertinent, progressive questions.

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Michael J. Ruckenstein

Michael J. Ruckenstein, MD, MSc Dr Ruckenstein is clinical instructor, division of otolaryngology, head and neck surgery, faculty of medicine, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, La Jolla. He conducts basic and clinical research in immunologic disorders that affect the inner ear. Other research interests include Meniere's disease, the relationship between migraines and vertigo, and diagnostic algorithms for acoustic neuroma.