Challenges and opportunities in managing the dizzy older adult

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 144, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 651-656

  Wetmore, Stephen J ^a   Eibling, David E ^b   Goebel, Joel A ^c   Gottshall, Kim R ^d   Hoffer, Michael E ^d   Magnusson, Måns ^e   Raz, Yael ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Balance; Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo; BPPV; Equilibrium; Falls prevention; Geriatrics; Polypharmacy; PREHAB; Vestibular exercises; Vestibular rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

AGED; BALANCE DISORDER; BENIGN PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGO; DIZZINESS; FALLING; HUMAN; POLYPHARMACY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SIDE EFFECT; SYMPTOM; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; DIZZINESS; HUMANS; POLYPHARMACY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 80051707137     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599810397493     Document Type: Review

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