title: [Vertigo in the elderly: otorhinolaryngologic approach].
abstract: Dizziness is a common but little understood ailment of old people. Its presence is the origin of an important incapacity associated with lack of personal autonomy. Clinical and electronystagmographic findings of aging individuals enduring imbalance and coming to our Department allowed us to accept that those cases in which the cause could be identified it was on clinic data, being of scarce utility the other exams done.
authors.affiliation: Servicio O.R.L., Hospital Universitario Puerta Del Mar Cádiz.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Porras Alonso
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Domingo Aznar
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Delgado Balufo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: De Mier Morales
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: García Cantos
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Carrillo de Albornoz Vargas
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010036:Otolaryngology; D014717:Vertigo / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology
vernacular_title: Vértigo en la tercera edad: enfoque otorrinolaringológico.