The HINTS examination and STANDING algorithm in acute vestibular syndrome involving frontline point-of-care emergency physicians

Abstract

This systematic review and meta-analysis aims to evaluate whether point-of-care emergency physicians, without special equipment, can perform the HINTS examination or STANDING algorithm to differentiate between central and non-central vertigo in acute vestibular syndrome with diagnostic accuracy and reliability comparable to more specialized physicians (neuro-ophthalmologists and neuro-otologists).

This dataset contains the findings from the five studies that we included in the qualitative synthesis, including previously unpublished data. The search strategy for MEDLINE and Embase has been provided.

At the time the files were uploaded to The University of Sydney Research Repository, this work was undergoing review for the open-access on-line journal, PLOS ONE. A pre-print of the manuscript is not available.