A review of the management of 107 dizzy patients at the university hospital.
The common investigations done were pure tone audiometry, electronystagmography, X-ray of the internal auditory meatus, CT-scan of the internal auditory meatus and X-ray of the cervical spine. After the examinations and investigations only 52 patients out of the 107 could be given any diagnosis. The most common diagnosis for the vertigo was Meniere's disease.
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Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D001301:Audiometry, Pure-Tone; D004244:Dizziness / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D004584:Electronystagmography; D005260:Female; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D008296:Malaysia / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008575:Meniere Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014717:Vertigo / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy