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Measuring Frailty in HIV-infected Individuals. Identification of Frail Patients is the First Step to Amelioration and Reversal of Frailty
Published on: July 24, 2013
Frailty of the
Tadashi Kitahara1, Tomoyuki Shiozaki1, Hiroshi Hosoi2
1Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Japan.
Abstract:
Vestibular frailty and presbyvestibulopathy, including benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), can cause dizziness among elderly patients. Vestibular frailty and presbyvestibulopathy may contribute to the onset of the vicious circle of falling-bone fracture-prolonged bedridden status-senile dementia. Treatment interventions for vestibular frailty and presbyvestibulopathy should be based on vestibular rehabilitation rather than vestibular implantation or regeneration. In acute BPPV, the otolith repositioning maneuver can be used to return otolithic debris to the utricle. At the chronic remission stage, there are nutritional guidelines for improving bone density in otolith organs and rehabilitation guidelines for activating otolith organs to prevent exfoliation. Moreover, sleeping in the head-up position can prevent free-floating debris from entering the semicircular canal. Throughout their old age, the psychiatric care/support is also indispensable to keep their initiative against vestibular frailty.
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