Evaluation of the dizzy patient: experience from a multidisciplinary neurotology clinic

In 1993 a multidisciplinary neurotology clinic was established at the Toron to Hospital, University of Toronto, where patients with symptoms of dizzine ss were assessed by both otolaryngologists and neurologists. The results fr om the first 400 patients seen in consultation are described. The disease p athologies identified in this patient population with dizziness showed some significant differences from other published series, which we believe refl ects the specialized tertiary nature of referrals to this clinic. A model f or the collaborative investigation of the dizzy patient is provided consist ent with the current trend towards multidisciplinary approaches in medicine .