title: [Vertigo in the elderly patient].
abstract: Among the 52 patients, aged 70 and older, who came at office for vertigo, one or more specific diagnoses were made in 36 patients (69.23 percent). The most common diagnoses being benign positional vertigo (29 percent) and Ménière's disease (15.4 percent). Other associated pathologies were identified in 38 patients (73.1 percent). The mechanisms involved are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Neurootología y Vestíbulometria, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Salamanca.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Pardal Refoyo
authors.forename: L D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Beltrán Mateos
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: del Cañizo Alvarez
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004244:Dizziness / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008575:Meniere Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D009041:Motion Sickness / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D014717:Vertigo / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology
vernacular_title: Algunas consideraciones sobre el vertigo en el paciente anciano.