[Epidemiologic and descriptive study covering one year of consultation in otoneurology department]

The spread on Otoneurologic Units are increasing in number, because of the specific pathologic subjects it deals. But there are scanty epidemiologic studies on patients concurrent to these Unities. We report the data from a descriptive statistic pertaining to the Otoneurological Unit of our Hospital, in the wholly 1996. During this period of time 914 patients were attended, middle-aged 49.55, and the relation men/women being 0.61. The majority housewives, living in rural districts, prevailing the married women patients. The two ways of sanitary access more employed in so cases were: the otologist of the Social Security or reporting to the Urgency-Units of Hospitals. And the more complaining trouble was imbalance. Diagnosis more repeated was labyrinthine pathology due to ischemia and secondary vestibular conditions because cervical muscles contractures. We consider the profile of our patient group enhances the special risk in order to endure otoneurological pathology. And also we point out the fact that the most diagnosis are not related specially to vestibular pathology, but to other clinical entities not directly linked to an Otoneurologic dispensary.