Dizziness and Vertigo in Aviators

摘要

The medical records of 84 patients referred to the USAF School of Aerospace Medicine because of vertigo or diseases which are capable of producing vertigo are reviewed, and the findings and aeromedical disposition are analyzed. Approximately one-third of the patients evaluated in this series fell into the category of vestibular neuronitis. The remaining categories in order of decreasing frequency were Meniere's disease, idiopathic paroxysmal vertigo, labyrinthine or central nervous system ischemia, trauma, barovertigo, and vertigo suspected to be due to neoplasm. Ten of the patients in this study were thought to have 'lightheadedness' of nonvestibular origin. (Author)