Full Description
Vertigo, dizziness, and imbalance rank amongst the most common presenting symptoms in neurology, ENT, geriatric medicine, and general practice. These symptoms can originate from many different organs and systems, such as the inner ear, general medical conditions, neurological and psychological disorders. The Oxford Textbook of Vertigo and Imbalance provides an up-to-date summary of the scientific basis, clinical diagnosis, and management of disorders leadingto dizziness and poor balance. This textbook is conceptually divided into three sections, detailing the scientific basis, general clinical issues, and specific diseases diagnosed in clinical practice that are responsible for complaints of dizziness and imbalance. Individual chapters address benign paroxysmalpositional vertigo, vestibular migraine, vestibular neuritis, stroke, and Meniere's disease. Additional chapters follow a syndrome-based approach and cover multiple conditions, including cerebellar disorders, bilateral vestibular failure and gait, and psychological disorders. The print edition is complemented by an online version, which allows access to the full content of the textbook, contains links from the references to primary research journal articles, allows full text searches, and provides access to figures and tables that can be downloaded to PowerPoint. It serves a useful clinical reference for neurologists, otorhinolaryngologists, audio-vestibular physicians, and senior trainees in those specialties.
Contents
1 BIOPHYSICS OF THE VESTIBULAR SYSTEM. HERMAN KINGMA AND MAURICE PHYSIOLOGICALLY. DOMINIK STRAUMANN; 3 EYE MOVEMENTS, VISION, AND THE VESTIBULO-OCULAR REFLEXES ALESSANDRO SERRA, KARIM SALAME, KE LIAO, AND R. JOHN LEIGH; 4 POSTURAL CONTROL AND THE VESTIBULOSPINAL SYSTEM JOHN H. J. ALLUM AND MARK G. CARPENTER; 5 THE VESTIBULO-AUTONOMIC SYSTEM BILL J. YATES, ILAN A. KERMAN, BRIAN JIAN, AND TIMOTHY D. WILSON; 6 MULTISENSORY INTERACTION AND VESTIBULAR COMPENSATION IAN S. CURTHOYS AND G. MICHAEL HALMAGYI; 7 BEDSIDE EXAMINATION AMIR KHERADMAND, ADOLFO M. BRONSTEIN, AND DAVID S. ZEE; 13 OSCILLOPSIA AND VISUO-VESTIBULAR SYMPTOMS ADOLFO M. BRONSTEIN; 14 THE ROLE OF VESTIBULAR LABORATORY TESTING NEIL SHEPARD, KRISTEN JANKY, AND SCOTT YOUSRY; 16 VESTIBULAR SYMPTOMS, BALANCE AND THEIR DISORDERS: HOW WILL WE CLASSIFY THEM? ALEXANDRE R. BISDORFF, JEFFREY P. STAAB, AND DAVID E. HANNELORE K. NEUHAUSER; 19 VESTIBULAR NEURITIS MICHAEL STRUPP AND THOMAS BRANDT; 20 POSITIONAL VERTIGO AND BENIGN PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGO DANIELE NUTI AND DAVID S. ZEE; 21 MIGRAINE AND OTHER EPISODIC VESTIBULAR DISORDERS MICHAEL VON BREVERN; 22 MENIERE'S DISEASE YURI AGRAWAL AND LLOYD B. AND HYUNG LEE; 24 GAIT AND DYSEQUILIBRIUM P. D. THOMPSON AND T. E. KIMBER; 25 PROGRESSIVE VESTIBULOCEREBELLAR SYNDROMES TRACEY D. GRAVES AND JOANNA C. JEN; 26 BILATERAL VESTIBULAR FAILURE: CAUSES AND COURSES THOMAS BRANDT, MARIANNE KEVIN BARRACLOUGH AND BARRY SEEMUNGAL; 28 MOTION SICKNESS AND DISORIENTATION IN VEHICLES JOHN F. GOLDING AND MICHAEL A. GRESTY; 29 FITS, FAINTS, FUNNY A. TARNUTZER AND DAVID E. NEWMAN-TOKER; 30 BEHAVIORAL NEURO-OTOLOGY JEFFREY P. STAAB
