"Dizziness" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
An imprecise term which may refer to a sense of spatial disorientation, motion of the environment, or lightheadedness.
| Descriptor ID |
D004244
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C23.888.592.763.237
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Dizziness" by people in Profiles.
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Identifying Key Risk Factors for Dizziness Handicap in Middle-Aged and Older People. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2020 03; 21(3):344-350.e2.
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Reducing the burden of dizziness in middle-aged and older people: A multifactorial, tailored, single-blind randomized controlled trial. PLoS Med. 2018 07; 15(7):e1002620.
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Tailored multifactorial intervention to improve dizziness symptoms and quality of life, balance and gait in dizziness sufferers aged over 50 years: protocol for a randomised controlled trial. BMC Geriatr. 2017 02 15; 17(1):56.
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Practice variation in neuroimaging to evaluate dizziness in the ED. Am J Emerg Med. 2012 Jun; 30(5):665-72.
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Understanding the dizzy patient. A challenge to primary care physicians. J Fam Pract. 1989 Jul; 29(1):30-2.