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Great Ormond Street Hospital was opened in 1852 and is considered to be one of the top 5 Children's hospitals in the world. There are 63 different clinical specialties at Great Ormond Street Hospital, the UK's widest range of specialist health services for children.
GOSH also hosts the UK’s only paediatric National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre (BRC).
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Practicing Paediatrics: Vestibular Dysfunction with Dr Surangi Mendis and Dr Maria Athina Tsitsika
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26 minutes 25 seconds
1 year ago
Practicing Paediatrics: Vestibular Dysfunction with Dr Surangi Mendis and Dr Maria Athina Tsitsika
Join us on Practicing Paediatrics as we explore the world of paediatric audiovestibular medicine. In this episode Dr Maria Tsitsika speaks to Dr Surangi Mendis about vestibular dysfunction, covering definitions, anatomy, physiology, examination, investigation and management.
Peer reviewed by Dr Hannah Blanchford.
Glossary
PoTs - Postural tachycardia syndrome.
CMV - congenital CMV.
CHARGE syndrome - a disorder that affects many areas of the body. CHARGE is an abbreviation for coloboma, heart defects, atresia (choanal), growth retardation, genital abnormalities, ear abnormalities.
Usher syndrome - a rare genetic syndrome that affects vision and hearing as well as the vestibular system in some children.
Pendred syndrome - a genetic disorder that causes hearing loss, thyroid dysfunction and vestibular difficulties in some children.
Saccades - rapid movement of the eye between fixation points.
Smooth pursuit - eye movement when the eye remains fixated on a moving object.
Additional resources
Dasgupta, S., Mandala, M., Salerni, L., Crunkhorn, R., & Ratnayake, S. (2020). Dizziness and balance problems in children. Current Treatment Options in Neurology, 22, 1-19.
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Great Ormond Street Hospital was opened in 1852 and is considered to be one of the top 5 Children's hospitals in the world. There are 63 different clinical specialties at Great Ormond Street Hospital, the UK's widest range of specialist health services for children.
GOSH also hosts the UK’s only paediatric National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre (BRC).
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