DIX-HALLPIKE MANEUVER

Course overview

VERTIGO IS A COMMON SYMPTOM THAT CAN BE CHALLENGING TO EVALUATE AND TREAT. VERTIGO CAN ARISE FROM VARIOUS PATHOPHYSIOLOGIES, RANGING FROM BENIGN TO POTENTIALLY LIFE-THREATENING. CLINICIANS MUST PERFORM A THOROUGH HISTORY AND PHYSICAL EXAMINATION TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN BENIGN AND URGENT CAUSES OF VERTIGO. CLINICIANS SHOULD BE ABLE TO DIFFERENTIATE VERTIGO ASSOCIATED WITH CENTRAL VESTIBULAR ETIOLOGIES FROM PERIPHERAL VESTIBULAR DISEASE PROCESSES. BENIGN POSITIONAL PAROXYSMAL VERTIGO (BPPV) IS ONE OF THE MOST COMMON CAUSES OF VERTIGO. THE DIX-HALLPIKE MANEUVER IS THE GOLD STANDARD TEST USED TO DIAGNOSE BPPV, WHICH IS CRUCIAL IN CONFIRMING POSTERIOR CANAL BPPV. THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS THE DIX-HALLPIKE MANEUVER AND HIGHLIGHTS THE ROLE OF AN INTERPROFESSIONAL HEALTHCARE TEAM'S ROLE IN EVALUATING AND TREATING PATIENTS WITH VERTIGO.