Reliability of caloric testing

Blakley, Brian W.; Barakat, Nasser A.M.

doi:10.1007/s11845-020-02501-2

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“…In contrast, testing for vestibulotoxicity is not standardized. Some of the diagnostic tests used to assess vestibular function include electro/video-nystagmography (111), caloric testing (112), rotary chair test (113), and video head impulse test (114) (Table 9). Bilateral vestibular loss is present when there is reduced or absent function of the vestibulo-ocular reflex in both ears.…”

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Ancillary treatment of patients with lung disease due to non-tuberculous mycobacteria: a narrative review

Youssefnia¹,

Pierre²,

Hoder³

et al. 2022

J Thorac Dis

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Background and Objective: Non-tuberculous mycobacterial lung disease (NTM-LD) manifests with bronchiectasis, inflammatory bronchiolitis, nodules, and/or cavitation. Bronchiectasis is characterized by permanently dilated airways wherein mucus accumulates, creating a vicious cycle of chronic injurious inflammation and recurrent infections. While antibiotics are an important part of the treatment of NTM-LD, airway clearance techniques to mitigate this pathogenic mechanism of bronchiectasis as well as other ancillary measures are also important components of NTM-LD treatment. The objective of this contemporaneous Narrative Review is to emphasize the importance of such ancillary measures. Methods:We searched PubMed for the key words of "airway clearance", "pulmonary rehabilitation", "nutrition", "swallowing dysfunction", "gastroesophageal reflux", "vestibular dysfunction", or "cochlear dysfunction" with that of "non-tuberculous mycobacterial lung disease", "bronchiectasis", or "respiratory disease". The bibliographies of identified articles were further searched for relevant articles not previously identified. Each relevant article was reviewed by one or more of the authors and a narrative review was composed.

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Ancillary treatment of patients with lung disease due to non-tuberculous mycobacteria: a narrative review

Youssefnia¹,

Pierre²,

Hoder³

et al. 2022

J Thorac Dis

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“…Despite advances in the classification of vestibular disorders [ 9 ], the differential diagnosis between MD and VM is often difficult in clinical practice because of the episodic and fluctuating nature of the two conditions and the considerable overlap of symptoms and eventually disease course. For example, so far, caloric testing is the most widely used laboratory test for assessing peripheral vestibulopathy [ 10 , 11 ]. Nevertheless, it is non-physiological and time-consuming and is characterized by a very low-frequency response (≈0.003 Hz), which is well below the frequency of the head movement during functional activities [ 12 ].…”

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Diagnostic Value of the Vestibular Autorotation Test in Menière’s Disease, Vestibular Migraine and Menière’s Disease with Migraine

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(1) Background: Vestibular migraine (VM) and Menière’s disease (MD) share multiple features in terms of clinical presentations and auditory-vestibular functions, and, therefore, more accurate diagnostic tools to distinguish between the two disorders are needed. (2) Methods: The study was of retrospective design and examined the data of 69 MD patients, 79 VM patients and 72 MD with migraine patients. Five vestibular autorotation test (VAT) parameters, i.e., horizontal gain/phase, vertical gain/phase and asymmetry were subjected to logistic regression. The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were generated to determine the accuracy of the different parameters in the differential diagnosis of MD and VM. (3) Results: Our results showed that the horizontal gain of VAT significantly outperformed other parameters in distinguishing MD and VM. In addition, the sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of the horizontal gain were 95.7%, 50.6% and 71.6%, respectively, for the differentiation between VM and MD. In most MD patients, the horizontal gain decreased in the range of 3–4 Hz, while in most VM patients, horizontal gain increased in the range between 2–3 Hz. More MD with migraine patients had an increased horizontal gain when the frequency was less than 5.0 Hz and had a decreased horizontal gain when the frequency was greater than 5.0 Hz. (4) Conclusion: Our study suggested the VAT, especially the horizontal gain, as an indicator, may serve as a sensitive and objective indicator that helps distinguish between MD and VM. Moreover, VAT, due to its non-invasive and all-frequency nature, might be an important part of a test battery.

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Reliability of caloric testing

Cited by 2 publications

References 7 publications

Ancillary treatment of patients with lung disease due to non-tuberculous mycobacteria: a narrative review

Ancillary treatment of patients with lung disease due to non-tuberculous mycobacteria: a narrative review

Diagnostic Value of the Vestibular Autorotation Test in Menière’s Disease, Vestibular Migraine and Menière’s Disease with Migraine

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