Profile analysis of patients with dizziness in a tertiary hospital in Rio Grande do Norte

• Autor(a) principal: Carvalho, Yasmin de Medeiros
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Bedaque, Henrique de Paula, Costa, Wildna Sharon Martins da, Freitas, Raysa Vanessa de Medeiros, Ferreira, Lidiane Maria de Brito Macedo, Ribeiro, Karyna Myrelly Oliveira Bezerra de Figueiredo, Diniz Júnior, José
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/7586
• topic: Dizziness; Vertigo; Labyrinth disorders; Vestibular diseases.; Mareos; Vértigo; Trastornos del laberinto; Enfermedad vestibular.; Tontura; Vertigem; Labirintopatias; Doença vestibular.

Objective: to provide a profile of patient with dizziness complaint in a terciary hospital in Rio Grande do Norte (RN). Methods: 444 medical records were analyzed in a retrospective analytical study, within a quantitative approach, divided into four groups: sex and age (1), characteristics of dizziness (2), comorbidities and risk factors (3) and findings in the physical examination (4). We assign p <0.05 as an indicator of statistical significance Results: of the 444 medical records analyzed, 367 cases were admitted for analysis, 92 of whom were male and 275 female. In addition, most of them reported spinning vertigo (78.3%), lasting for seconds (51%) without association with falling (25.7%) or loss of consciousness (9.3%). The most prevalent etiologies were, Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (33%), cochlear-vestibular dysfunction (17%) and Menière's disease (14%). Conclusions: the most frequent profile of patients with dizziness is female, in middle age (median of 52), hypertensive, and Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo is the most prevalent etiology.