Clinical Pearls for Optimizing Diagnosis and Treatment of Persistent Postural-Perceptual Dizziness (PPPD)
09-12, 08:00–08:30 (Europe/Istanbul), Equlibirium 1

<p>Course Description — The course will begin with a didactic overview of new developments in diagnosis and management of patients with PPPD (8 minutes), continue with a case-based discussion highlighting common challenges in diagnosis and treatment that will be conducted interactively with the audience (17 minutes), and conclude with time for open questions from the audience (5 minutes).</p> <p>Outcome Objectives — At the conclusion of this course, audience members will be able to: (1) incorporate simple screening tools into their practices to identify patients who are at risk for developing PPPD and those who likely have the disorder, (2) confidently manage the diagnostic evaluation of patients with PPPD, (3) educate patients about pathophysiologic mechanisms underlying PPPD to help them understand the diagnosis and rationale for each treatment intervention, and (4) coordinate effective multi-disciplinary treatment plans for patients with PPPD and commonly comorbid conditions.</p> <p>Background — The chronic vestibular disorder of persistent postural-perceptual dizziness (PPPD) was defined by the Barany Society for the International Classification of Vestibular DIsorders in 2017. Since then, clinical epidemiologic investigations have found PPPD to be the most common cause of chronic vestibular and balance symptoms in otology/neurotology and vestibular medicine. Systematic research also has advanced knowledge about its differential diagnosis, likely pathophysiologic mechanisms, and expected outcomes of available treatments. This information has improved our ability to efficiently and effectively detect and treat patients with PPPD. The course will provide attendees with a review of these developments with an emphasis on practical applications for clinical practice and awareness of ongoing investigations by research teams worldwide.</p>
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Fazıl Necdet Ardıç
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Jeffrey P Staab
Fazıl Necdet Ardıç
<p>He graduated from the Medical Faculty of Aegean University in 1989 and completed his residency in Otolaryngology at İzmir Atatürk Education and Research Hospital in 1994. Following this, he spent a year as a research fellow in the Department of Otolaryngology at the University of Pittsburgh. In 1997, he received his first academic appointment at Pamukkale University. He is affiliated with several professional organizations, including the Turkish Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery Association, the European Academy of Otology and Neurotology, the Neurotological and Equilibriometric Society, and the Mediterranean Society of Otology and Audiology. He has authored numerous articles, book chapters, and books in both Turkish and English, primarily focused on Otology and Neurotology. In recent years, his research has centered on hearing reconstruction, implants, endoscopic ear surgery, vestibular disorders, and vestibular rehabilitation.</p>
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Jeffrey P Staab
<p>Jeffrey P. Staab, MD, MS is Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Psychology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN USA and holds a joint apppointment as Consultant in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery. Over the last 25 years, he and his clinical and research collaborators have advanced knowledge about the diagnosis and treatment of patients with chronic vestibular and balance symptoms and investigated potential pathophysiologic mechanisms underlying these problems in physiological, psychological, and neuroimaging studies and clinical trials.</p>