Full Description
Dizziness and Vertigo describes the basic knowledge and practical skills necessary for managing patients presenting with common symptoms of dizziness and vertigo. It provides practitioners with a comprehensive overview of these conditions, steps for diagnosing patients and various treatment options.
This revised and updated edition provides a framework for the accurate diagnosis and management of patients with dizziness and vertigo, covering clinical assessments and case studies. It also includes new methods for treating Ménière's disease and benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) and in the field of vestibular rehabilitation.
Dizziness and Vertigo is an essential reference for all those who manage patients in the outpatient setting, including general practice trainees, ear/nose/throat (ENT) specialists and physiotherapists.
Contents
Anatomy and Physiology. Clinical Assessment of Vertigo. Imaging in Dizziness and Vertigo. Special Investigations. Differential Diagnosis. Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo. Acute Vestibular Loss. Vestibular Migraine. Multilevel Vestibulopathy. Cholesteatoma. Meniere's Disease. Superior Semicircular Canal. Perilymph Fistular. Central Pathology Causing Dizziness. Systemic Conditions Affecting Balance. Vestibular Rehabilitation. Persistent Postural-Perceptual Dizziness
