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CAUSES OF DIZZINESS AMONG PATIENTS TREATED AT CAN THO STROKE INTERNATIONAL SERVICES
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Background: Dizziness is one of the common symptoms. Dizziness has many causes, usually divided into central or peripheral types but sometimes it is not clear. Objectives: To describe the causes of dizziness that cause patients to be hospitalized for treatment. Materials and methods: Retrospective study, cross-sectional description, survey of 833 dizziness patients hospitalized from 01/01/2023 to 30/06/2023 at Can Tho Stroke International Services. Results: There were more women than men with a female: male ratio = 2:1. The average age was 62.05 ± 5.03 years old. Percentage of patients undergoing brain MRI (88.23%). The highest rate was diagnosed with vestibular dysfunction (35.77%), followed by benign paroxysmal vertigo (26.17%) and posterior circulation cerebral infarction (18.50%). The diagnoses that accounted for a very small percentage was vestibular neuritis (0.24%) and vertigo of central origin (0.36%). Patients with dizziness had a cerebral vascular stenosis rate of 49.70%. The most damage to brain structure was in the pons (17.05%). The most narrowed cerebral blood vessel was the basilar artery (20.05%). Electrolyte disorders accounted for 27.61%. Conclusions: Our study evaluated 833 dizziness patients and showed that dizziness symptoms occur mainly in older people and women. This study also shows that peripheral causes of vertigo account for a high rate. However, there is still a significant proportion of dizziness patients with structural brain damage and cerebral vascular stenosis when examined by cranial imaging.
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Causes of dizziness, peripheral vertigo, central vertigo
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