title: Vertigo in elderly patients: a review of 164 cases in Brazil.
abstract: The author conducted a study to identify and categorize those vestibular disorders that were the most common among elderly patients at his private clinic over a 20-year period. He reviewed the records of 735 patients aged 65 to 90 years. The most common diagnosis was vertigo and/or disequilibrium, which occurred in 164 patients (22.3%). Of this group, 121 patients (73.8%) had a peripheral vestibular disorder and 43 (26.2%) had a central vestibular disorder. The characteristics of these cases are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Albert Einstein Hospital, Av. Albert Einstein, 627, Pavilion A-1, Room 117. São Paulo, SP 05652-000, Brazil. albernaz@einstein.br.
authors.forename: Pedro Luiz
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Mangabeira Albernaz
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001301:Audiometry, Pure-Tone; D001938:Brazil; D005260:Female; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009759:Nystagmus, Pathologic / Q000150:complications*; D009760:Nystagmus, Physiologic; D012021:Reflex, Abnormal; D012027:Reflex, Vestibulo-Ocular; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014717:Vertigo / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*