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Title: COMPARISON BETWEEN EPLEYS MANEUVRE AND PROCHLORPERAZINE MALEATE IN TREATMENT OF BENIGN PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGO: Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo
Authors: Kashif Obaid Khan Niazi, Majid Dastgir, Muhammad Ashfaq, Saad Bin Qamar, Kamran Zamurrad Malik, Shadzad Nayyar
Journal: Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal (PAFMJ)
Publisher: Army Medical College, Rawalpindi.
Country: Pakistan
Year: 2015
Volume: 65
Issue: 3
Language: English
Keywords: Benign Paroxysmal Positional VertigoDix-HallpikeEpley’s ManeuverProchlorperazine Maleate
Objective: The objective is to compare the efficacy of Epley’s maneuver and vestibular sedative, prochlorperazine maleate in the management of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV).
Study Design: Randomized Control Trial.
Place and Duration of Study: ENT department, Combined Military Hospital, Rawalpindi from 1st May 2011 to 1st November 2011.
Patients and Methods: After consent, 60 patients of BPPV fulfilling the inclusion criteria were randomly allotted two groups. Group A was treated with Epley’s maneuver (n=30) while group B with prochlorperazine maleate (n=30). Outcomes were analyzed on disappearance of vertigo at follow-up examination.
Results: 24 (80%) cases managed by Epley’s maneuver showed relief of symptoms while only 14 (47%) treated by prochlorperazine maleate showed recovery after 15 days.
Conclusion: Epley’s maneuver was more effective than vestibular sedatives like prochlorperazine maleate in treating patients of BPPV.
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