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Then the patient is quickly lowered into a supine position (on the back), with the head held approximately in a 30-degree neck extension (Dix-Hallpike position), with the head remaining rotated to the side. The clinician observes the patient's eyes for "primary stage" nystagmus. The patient remains in this position for approximately 1–2 minutes.
When performing the Dix–Hallpike test, patients are lowered quickly to a supine position (lying horizontally with the face and torso facing up) with the neck extended 30 degrees below horizontal by the clinician performing the maneuver. [3] The Dix–Hallpike and the side-lying testing position have yielded similar results.
Positive Dix–Hallpike test after other possible causes have been ruled out [1] Differential diagnosis: Labyrinthitis, Ménière's disease, stroke, vestibular migraine [3] [4] Treatment: Epley maneuver or Brandt–Daroff exercises [3] [5] Prognosis: Resolves in days to months [6] Frequency: 2.4% affected at some point [1]
The Dix-Hallpike test typically produces a period of rapid eye movements known as nystagmus in this condition. [1] In Ménière's disease there is often ringing in the ears, hearing loss, and the attacks of vertigo last more than twenty minutes. [9]
Before taking the test, the patient may be instructed to fast for a period before the test will take place and to stop taking any medications. On the day of the tilt table test, an intravenous line may be placed in case the patient needs to be given medications quickly; however, this may influence the results of the test and may only be indicated in particular circumstances.
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Diagram of the vestibular system, the structures whose dysfunction can benefit from vestibular rehabilitation. Vestibular rehabilitation (VR), also known as vestibular rehabilitation therapy (VRT), is a specialized form of physical therapy used to treat vestibular disorders or symptoms, characterized by dizziness, vertigo, imbalance, posture, and vision.
Dix–Hallpike test: Margaret R. Dix, Charles Skinner Hallpike: otolaryngology: Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo: synd/3615 at Who Named It? Elicitation of extreme vertigo upon lateral movement of a patient's head when lying in a supine position Döhle bodies: Karl Gottfried Paul Döhle: pathology: various including trauma and neoplasm