An etiological analysis of 300 neurological outpatients with complaint of dizziness in Xining
WANG Lan-gui
YANG Chun-li
ZHANG Lei
Abstract：Objective:To explore the etiology of outpatients with chief complaint of dizziness in the department of neurolo-gy in Xining. Methods:A total of 300 outpatients with chief complaint of dizziness in our department of neurology from 2012 to 2013 were followed up,the associated medical history,symptoms,physical examination and treatment outcome were obtained, the etiology were analysed. Results:The male to female ratio was 1 : 1. 5,the dizziness is highly prevalent in the population aged 45 ~ 60 years(142 cases,47. 33% ),the main top three diagnoses of the 300 patients were psychogenic dizziness(115 ca-ses,38. 33% ),benign paroxysmal positional vertigo(BPPV)(102 cases,34. 00% ),migraine(31 cases,10. 3% ). Conclusion:The most common etiology of outpatients with dizziness of Xining area is psychogenic dizziness and BPPV,migraine is not less common and should be pay more attention. 70% patients with dizziness can be diagnosed by history which is the key to accutate diagnosis,anxiety and depression score and Dix - Hallpike test should not be ignored.
Keywords：xining areaclinic dizzinessetiology
Publication Date：2015-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 662-664,665 )