Research Article

Emergency Presentations for Dizziness—Radiological Findings, Final Diagnoses, and Mortality

Table 4

Prevalence of final clinical diagnoses.

Primary complaintSecondary complaintNondizzy
(n = 232, 2.3%)(n = 984, 9.8%)(n = 8860, 87.9%)

Nonspecific dizziness (R42)47 (20.3%)58 (5.9%)15 (0.2%)
Dysfunction of the peripheral vestibular system (H81)37 (15.9%)9 (0.9%)4 (0.0%)
Somatization disorders, depression, and anxiety (F00–F03, F13–F48, and R53, R54)20 (8.6%)32 (3.3%)280 (3.2%)
Trauma related (S00–S02, S06–S14, and T79)19 (8.2%)138 (14.0%)2135 (24.1%)
Syncope and collapse (R55)14 (6.0%)47 (4.8%)106 (1.2%)
Cerebral hemorrhage or ischemic disease12 (5.2%)39 (4.0%)268 (3.0%)
 Cerebral hemorrhage (I61)1 (0.4%)1 (0.1%)10 (0.1%)
 Acute ischemic disease (I63 and I64)3 (1.3%)25 (2.5%)78 (0.9%)
 Cerebrovascular disease (I67)1 (0.4%)3 (0.3%)149 (1.7%)
 Sequelae of cerebrovascular disease (I69)3 (1.3%)00
 TIA (G45 w/out G45.4)3 (1.3%)10 (1.0%)31 (3.5%)
 TGA (G45.4)1 (0.4%)00
Orthostasis (I95 and I98)11 (4.7%)5 (0.5%)4 (0.0%)
Drug related problems, intoxications, and poisoning (F10–F13, T36–T47, T50-T51, T65, and T78)10 (4.3%)18 (1.8%)207 (2.3%)
Arrhythmia (R00 and I44–I49)9 (3.9%)44 (4.5%)114 (1.3%)
Hypertension (I10)9 (3.9%)22 (2.2%)71 (0.8%)
Other7 (3.0%)118 (12.0%)1750 (19.8%)
Acute infections of the upper airway (J00–J11)3 (1.3%)59 (6.0%)220 (2.5%)
Abdominal and pelvic pain (R10)33 (3.4%)539 (6.1%)
Throat and chest pain (R07)62 (6.3%)424 (4.8%)
Back pain (M54)16 (1.6%)345 (3.9%)
Breathing disorders (R06)17 (1.7%)227 (2.6%)
Disease of the skin (L00–L08)4 (0.4%)155 (1.7%)
Headache (G44 and R51)33 (3.4%)112 (1.3%)

The top 10 final diagnoses of the three nonoverlapping presentation groups (n = 10076), with the numbers supplemented for top 10 conditions of the other groups. Not a complete list of all possible final diagnoses. n (%).