PHARM417 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus, Semicircular Canals, Vestibular Nerve
21 Mar 2016
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Dizziness: a feeling of spinning or light-headedness, without loss of consciousness, and may or may not be associated with falls. Loss of consciousness: loc (transient loc = t-loc) Prevalence lifetime prevalence of dizzness = 7. 5% head trauma/whiplash patients = 80% Psychosocial impairment eg afraid to take the stairs fainting can be embarrasing. 1 there is often an underlying cardiac cause high risk of motor vehicle accidents there is usually a reason why someone will have orthostasis-this is why it causes an increased risk of death. Hospitalization = 75% of healthcare costs for dizziness. Median hospital stay of 5. 5 days for syncope. Syncope - 30% have minor injuries, 6% have mva. Degeneration of the ampullae of the semicircular canals and otolith organs. Definitions/classifications: vertigo you can have more motion in the body before it is registered in the brain-so they can start falling without realizing that they started falling.
