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KMID : 1235520200190030095
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Research in Vestibular Science
2020 Volume.19 No. 3 p.95 ~ p.98
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Intravenous Zoledronic Acid in Elderly Patients with Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo and Osteoporosis
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Kwack Dong-Won
Lee Hye-Mi
Kim Dong-Wook
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Abstract
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Objectives: Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), a common cause of vertigo in the elderly, shares common pathogenic mechanisms with osteoporosis. We investigated the efficacy and safety of intravenous zoledronic acid in elderly patients with BPPV and osteoporosis.
Method: We performed a 3-year observational study with elderly patients who were diagnosed with BPPV and osteoporosis. The recurrence of BPPV and changes in bone mineral densitometry (BMD) scores were evaluated one year after the administration of intravenous zoledronic acid.
Results: We enrolled 101 elderly patients with BPPV and 54 of them (53.5%) met the diagnostic criteria for osteoporosis. Intravenous zoledronic acid was administered in 51 patients. The recurrence of BPPV was observed in only two of 49 patients (4.1%) at 1 year’s follow-up. The mean lowest T-score of BMD improved from ?3.23±0.51 to ?3.05±0.58 (p=0.001).
Conclusions: Our study showed that the treatment of osteoporosis can be considered to prevent the recurrence of BPPV in the elderly. Further placebo-controlled studies are needed to estimate accurately the efficacy of zoledronic acid in the prevention of recurrence of BPPV in the elderly.
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KEYWORD
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Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, Vertigo, Aged, Zoledronic acid
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