Cervical spine radiographs in patients with vertigo and dizziness
| Autor: | Marta Arroyo-Domingo, Alberto Martín-Pagán, Jaime Marco-Algarra, Aurora López-Llames, Antonio Enrique Cores-Prieto, María Morales-Suárez-Varela, Carmen Bécares-Martínez |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Radiography Medical Overuse Dizziness 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Vertigo otorhinolaryngologic diseases medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging In patient Sex Distribution Neuroradiology Retrospective Studies Analysis of Variance Chi-Square Distribution medicine.diagnostic_test biology business.industry Interventional radiology General Medicine Emergency department Middle Aged biology.organism_classification Magnetic Resonance Imaging Spain 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Radiological weapon Cervical Vertebrae Female sense organs Radiology Emergencies business Emergency Service Hospital Tomography X-Ray Computed Case series |
| Zdroj: | La Radiologia medica. 125(3) |
| ISSN: | 1826-6983 |
| Popis: | The purpose of this study is to investigate the role of cervical radiography in the study of patients with vertigo and dizziness. This is a retrospective single-institution case series study of 493 patients suffering from vertigo and dizziness who were referred (from January 2011 to December 2012) to the hospital to study those symptoms. We studied cervical radiographies, CT and MRI of the cervical spine made in the sample and the radiological findings. We analyzed demographic characteristics, presence of psychiatric pathology and emergency assistance due to vertigo in patients who have undergone cervical study. A total of 57% of patients had cervical radiography made; this was more frequent in women, Spanish people, with psychiatric pathology and who have gone to the emergency department for vertigo (p |
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