ReviewFrontiers in medicine2014
A Different Approach of Dizziness in Older Patients: Away from the Diagnostic Dance between Patient and Physician.
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- Efficacy and Safety of a Fixed-Dose Combination of Cinnarizine 20 mg and Dimenhydrinate 40 mg in the Treatment of Patients with Vestibular Vertigo: An Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis of Randomised, Double-Blind, Controlled Clinical Trials.Clinical drug investigation · 2022Pooled it
- Reducing the burden of dizziness in middle-aged and older people: A multifactorial, tailored, single-blind randomized controlled trial.PLoS medicine · 2018Trial
- Effectiveness of a multifactorial intervention for dizziness in older people in primary care: A cluster randomised controlled trial.PloS one · 2018Trial
- Impairment reduction in older dizzy people in primary care: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial.Trials · 2015Trial
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Abstract
Although the etiology of dizziness in older patients differs significantly from that of younger patients, most guidelines on dizziness advocate the same diagnosis-oriented approach for all patients regardless of their age. However, this diagnosis-oriented approach may be insufficient for older patients presenting with dizziness in general practice, because (1) general practitioners are often not able to identify an underlying cause of dizziness, (2) general practitioners regularly identify causes of dizziness that cannot be treated, and (3) general practitioners may identify causes of dizziness for which treatment is available but not desirable. In this article, the authors present a simultaneous diagnosis- and prognosis-oriented approach for older dizzy patients. This approach may enable general practitioners to improve their care for a voluminous group of impaired older patients, even if a diagnosis is not available (yet).
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