Can Emergency Physicians Accurately Rule Out a Central Cause of Vertigo Using the HINTS Examination? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Robert OhleRenee-Anne MontpellierVirginie MarchadierAidan WhartonSarah McIsaacMackenzie AndersonDavid Savage

Published in: Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (2020)

The HINTS examination, when used in isolation by emergency physicians, has not been shown to be sufficiently accurate to rule out a stroke in those presenting with AVS.

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