You are evaluating a patient with vertigo.

1. State (5) features on clinical history that would favour a central cause over peripheral. 5 marks

You decide to perform the HINTS examination to help differentiate a peripheral from a central cause.

2. What condition needs to be present in order for the HINTS examination to be valid? 1 mark

3. Complete the table below giving (3) elements of the HINTS exam, and the findings favouring a central cause of the vertigo. 6 marks