Dizziness presentations in U.S. emergency departments, 1995-2004

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 744-750

  Kerber, Kevin A ^a,b   Meurer, William J ^a   West, Brady T ^c   Fendrick, A Mark ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Dizziness; Emergency department; Utilization; Vertigo

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; MECLOZINE; PARACETAMOL; PROMETHAZINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; VERTIGO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DIZZINESS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LENGTH OF STAY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES; VERTIGO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56849097001     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2008.00189.x     Document Type: Article

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