Open AccessProfile analysis of patients with dizziness in a tertiary hospital in Rio Grande do Norte
Author(s) -
Yasmin de Medeiros Carvalho,
Henrique de Paula Bedaque,
Wildna Sharon Martins da Costa,
Raysa Vanessa de Medeiros Freitas,
Lidiane Maria de Brito Macedo Ferreira,
Karyna Myrelly Oliveira Bezerra de Figueiredo Ribeiro,
José Diniz Júnior
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
research, society and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2525-3409
DOI - 10.33448/rsd-v9i9.7586
Subject(s) - vertigo , etiology , medicine , medical record , pediatrics , benign paroxysmal positional vertigo , statistical significance , vestibular system , statistical analysis , retrospective cohort study , surgery , audiology , statistics , mathematics
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.