Vertigo A Clinical Guide /

• Main Authors: Zaidi, Shabih H. (Author), Sinha, Arun (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Neurology.; Epidemiology.; Medicine & Public Health.

Vertigo is an enigma. It is a malady for all ages. It is also a greatly misunderstood and underrated clinical condition. Most physicians see vertiginous patients in their daily practice but no consensus has yet been reached on the true extent of this highly debilitating condition. Vertigo has divers...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Nomenclature, Epidemiology & applied basic sciences
• Physiology and Anatomy
• Neurotransmitters
• Vestibulo-ocular reflex
• Cerebellar Tests
• History and Clinical examination
• Nystagmus
• Romberg’s test/ Dix- Hallpike test etc
• Radiology
• Vestibular tests
• Audiometry
• Chapter 2: Clinical conditions
• Meniere’s disease
• BPPV
• Vestibular migraine
• Cervical vertigo
• Acoustic neuroma
• Perilymph fistula
• Vestibular neuritis
• Epidemic Labyrinthitis
• Travel sickness
• Ototoxicity
• Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media
• Central Causes :TIA,Multiple Sclerosis
• Noise
• Vertigo in children
• Miscellaneous conditions
• Chapter 3: Rehabilitation
• Vertigo in the elderly
• Quality of life
• Ethical issues.