Climatic variations and benign paroxysmal positional vertigo

Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) is probably the most common diagnosis at vertigo clinics. Seasonal cycles of several human illnesses could be attributed variously to changes in atmospheric or weather conditions. In this retrospective study, patients with BPPV from January 2010 to Decembe...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Saeed, Basil M.N., Omari, Alyaa Farouk
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Chinese PLA General Hospital 2016
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6002593/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29937808
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.joto.2016.03.002
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Sumario:Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) is probably the most common diagnosis at vertigo clinics. Seasonal cycles of several human illnesses could be attributed variously to changes in atmospheric or weather conditions. In this retrospective study, patients with BPPV from January 2010 to December 2012 were studied, and their charts were reviewed. Statistical analysis revealed a statistically significant difference in patients' numbers among different months of the year. Also there is a significant statistical correlation between the numbers of patients with climatic variations especially the temperature. The present paper discusses the possible explanations for these results which confirms the seasonal variations in BPPV, together with a review of literature to view the possible associations with other disorders that causes such seasonality.

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