@article{ref1,
title="Vertigo, dizziness and falls in the elderly",
journal="Annales d'oto-laryngologie et de chirurgie cervico faciale",
year="2007",
author="Imbaud Genieys, S.",
volume="124",
number="4",
pages="189-196",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to find cause of dizziness in old age and to propose treatment. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The study was conducted from October 2003 to March 2004 with 100 patients over the age of 75 years: 72 women and 28 men. They complained of unsteadiness, vertigo, or falls. RESULTS: In this group of patients, 68% were found to have benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, 9% neurologic problems, 5% Meniere disease, 4% vestibular areflexia, 8% a rare cause such as a psychiatric or vascular disorder, and no cause was found in 6%. CONCLUSIONS: Our study showed that dizziness or unsteadiness in the elderly must be explored and treated to improve the well-being of these patients.<p /> <p>Language: fr</p>",
language="fr",
issn="0003-438X",
doi="10.1016/j.aorl.2007.04.003",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aorl.2007.04.003"
}