Abstract
Objective: 1) Assess diagnostic and therapeutic aspects in an neurotology ambulatory children’s department. 2) Assess diagnosis by age group, risk factors, previous related treatment given, and response to treatment.
Method: Retrospective study, case series, held in otoneurology pediatric ambulatory children’s department through evaluated medical records of all patients seen from 2006 to 2010.
Results: Eighty-eight patients were included. The average age was 9.87 years. There were 46 girls (52.27%). The most prevalent diagnosis was VPBI in 48 (54.54%) cases, followed by vestibular cause metabolic syndrome (SVM), 21 (23.86%), and vestibular migraine in 10 (11.36%) patients. The majority (77.27%) had poor eating habits. The majority, 48 (54.54%), complained of vertigo. The vectoelectronystagmography (VENG) showed no changes in 22 (41.51%). In 30 (43.47%) patients improvement was noted with vestibular rehabilitation and dietary counseling, and dietary counseling alone was administered in 27 (39.13%) patients.
Conclusion: There was a predominance of diagnostic VPBI. Its close relationship with a history of migraine and its benign nature of evolution were noted. We noted the importance of monitoring, dietary counseling, and the role of vestibular rehabilitation in childhood and adolescence dizziness.
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