DESCRIPTION:
Vertigo, dizziness, and imbalance rank amongst the most common presenting symptoms in neurology, otorhinolaryngology, geriatric medicine, and general practice. These symptoms can originate from many different organs and systems, e.g. the inner ear, general medical conditions, and neurological and psychological disorders.
The Oxford Textbook of Vertigo and Imbalance, Second Edition provides an up-to-date summary of the scientific basis, clinical diagnosis, and management of disorders that lead to dizziness and poor balance. The Second Edition has been thoroughly revised and all chapters have been fully reviewed and updated since the last edition 10 years ago. This edition features 29 fully updated chapters and four new chapters on vestibular surgery, traumatic brain injury, dizziness in children, and dizziness in the elderly.
The 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 paroxysmal positional vertigo, vestibular migraine, vestibular neuritis, stroke, and Ménière""s disease. Additional chapters follow a syndrome-based approach and cover multiple conditions, including cerebellar disorders, bilateral vestibular failure, and psychological disorders.
CONTENTS:
1. Biophysics of the vestibular system
2. Vestibular physiology: How to be a clinician and yet think physiologically
3. The vestibulo-ocular reflexes and perception of self-motion
4. Postural control and the vestibulospinal system
5. The vestibulo-autonomic system
6. Multi-sensory interaction and vestibular compensation
7. Functional imaging of the vestibular system
8. Clinic anatomy and physiology of the vestibular system
9. I am an otologist, what neurology do I need to know?
10. I am a neurologist, what otology do I need to know?
11. Symptoms and syndromes in the patient with dizziness or unsteadiness
12. Clinical bedside examination
13. Oscillopsia and visuo-vestibular symptoms
14. The role of vestibular laboratory testing
15. Imaging of vertigo and labyrinthine disorders
16. Vestibular symptoms, balance and their disorders: How will we classify them?
17. The principles of balance assessment and rehabilitation
18. The epidemiology of vertigo, dizziness, and postural instability
19. Acute unilateral vestibulopathy (AUVP) / vestibular neuritis
20. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo: A guide to diagnosis and treatment
21. Migraine and other episodic vestibular disorders
22. Ménière""s Disease
23. Posterior circulation stroke and vestibular syndromes
24. Genetics of episodic and progressive vestibulocerebellar syndromes
25. Bilateral vestibulopathy: Causes and courses
26. Vertigo and dizziness in general medicine
27. Motion sickness and disorientation in vehicles
28. Fits, faints, funny turns
29. Behavioural neuro-otology
30. Vestibular dysfunction in traumatic brain injury
31. Dizziness in the elderly
32. Vertigo and balance disorders in children
33. Vestibular surgery