2004
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2004000400019
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Vertigem postural fóbica: aspectos clínicos e evolutivos

Abstract: RESUMO -A vertigem postural fóbica (VPF), o segundo diagnóstico mais freqüente em ambulatório de distúr-bios vestibulares, é síndrome somatoforme caracterizada por desequilíbrio subjetivo e ataques breves de vertigem em situações específicas. Em período de 18 meses, a VPF foi observada em 41 pacientes, de 251 atendidos. Vinte e seis apresentavam VPF primária; em 65% havia distúrbios de ansiedade ou depressão, e 15 pacientes tiveram diagnóstico de VPF secundária. O exame neurológico e a avaliação complementar f… Show more

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“…We also recommend that the study should not involve only otolaryngologists and neurologists, but all the other health care professionals involved in BPPV patient treatment such as general practitioners 1 , emergency physicians 4 , psychiatrists 41 and physical therapists 2 , we must be attentive to identify BPPV early on, know its main differential diagnosis and its treatment.…”
Section: Final Recommendationsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…We also recommend that the study should not involve only otolaryngologists and neurologists, but all the other health care professionals involved in BPPV patient treatment such as general practitioners 1 , emergency physicians 4 , psychiatrists 41 and physical therapists 2 , we must be attentive to identify BPPV early on, know its main differential diagnosis and its treatment.…”
Section: Final Recommendationsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…We also recommend that the study should not involve only otolaryngologists and neurologists, but all the other health care professionals involved in BPPV patient treatment such as general practitioners 1 , emergency physicians 4 , psychiatrists 41 and physical therapists 2 , we must be attentive to identify BPPV early on, know its main differential diagnosis and its treatment.…”
Section: Final Recommendationsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Phobic avoidance is an associated behaviour. In another brazilian study 65% of patients with PPV also had a psychiatric diagnosis (but the authors do not specify the diagnosis) 7 . Dizziness is one of the symptoms of panic attacks, as are palpitations, shortness of breath and chest pain or discomfort, but psychiatrists usually do not refer panic disorder patients for otoneurologic evaluations as they refer them to cardiologic evaluations.…”
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confidence: 97%