Table 5.
ED resources stratified by diseases (n=1535)
| Stroke/minor stroke | BPPV | Acute unilateral vestibulopathy | TIA | Menière’s disease | PPPD | Trauma | |
| MRI | 139 (89.7%) | 62 (41.3%) | 71 (48.0%) | 62 (80.5%) | 11 (50.0%) | 9 (40.9%) | 3 (23.1%) |
| CT | 26 (16.8%) | 12 (8.0%) | 10 (6.8%) | 13 (16.9%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 6 (46.2%) |
| Audiology | 5 (3.2%) | 16 (10.7%) | 90 (60.8%) | 6 (7.8%) | 12 (54.5%) | 1 (4.5%) | 0 (0.0%) |
| Caloric | 8 (5.2%) | 26 (17.3%) | 115 (77.7%) | 11 (14.3%) | 9 (40.9%) | 2 (9.1%) | 0 (0.0%) |
| vHIT | 4 (2.6%) | 6 (4.0%) | 41 (27.7%) | 3 (3.9%) | 2 (9.1%) | 1 (4.5%) | 0 (0.0%) |
| Total diagnoses | 155 | 150 | 148 | 77 | 22 | 22 | 13 |
BPPV, benign paroxysmal positional vertigo; ED, emergency department; PPPD, persistent postural-perceptual dizziness; TIA, transient ischaemic attack; vHIT, video head impulse test.