Practical Management of the Dizzy Patient -

Practical Management of the Dizzy Patient

Joel A. Goebel (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover
480 Seiten
2008 | 2nd edition
Lippincott Williams and Wilkins (Verlag)
978-0-7817-6562-6 (ISBN)
189,95 inkl. MwSt
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A guide to diagnosis and treatment of the various diseases that cause dizziness and imbalance. It progresses from symptoms to anatomy and physiology, history and physical examination, laboratory testing, disease entities, and treatment. It features information on test modalities, imaging techniques, and surgical procedures.
The thoroughly updated Second Edition of this highly acclaimed text is a practical, concise, and current guide to diagnosis and treatment of the various diseases that cause dizziness and imbalance. The book progresses from symptoms to anatomy and physiology, history and physical examination, laboratory testing, disease entities, and treatment. This edition features expanded coverage of the physical examination and state-of-the-art information on test modalities, imaging techniques, surgical procedures, medical therapies for migraine, and superior canal dehiscence.

A companion Websitewill offer the fully searchable text, a question bank, and videos of physical examination techniques, abnormal eye movements, and surgical techniques.

Preface

Contributors
1. Practical Anatomy and Physiology
2. Taking the History: The Nature of the Spell
3. Taking the History: Associated Symptoms
4. Taking the History: Risk Factors for Dizziness
5. Medication Side Effects
6. Performing the Physical Examination: Detecting Spontaneous and Gaze-evoked Nystagmus
7. Performing the Physical Examination: Ocular Motor Examination
8. Performing the Physical Examination: Testing the Vestibuloocular Reflex
9. Performing the Physical Examination: Positioning Tests
10. Performing the Physical Examination: Cerebellar Tests
11. Performing the Physical Examination: Posture and Gait Tests
12. Electronystagmography and Videonystagmography
13. Rotational Chair Testing
14. Computerized Dynamic Posturography
15. Audiometric Tests
16. Imaging the Dizzy Patient
17. Serologic Studies
18. DDX: Fluctuating Vestibular Disease
19. DDX: Fixed Vestibular Deficits
20. DDX: Disorders That Affect Central and Peripheral Vestibular Function
21. DDX: Central Disease
22. DDX: Disequilibrium of Aging
23. Therapy: Medical Alternatives
24. Therapy: Surgical Alternatives
25. Therapy: Rehabilitation
I. Questions and Answers
II. Dizziness Questionnaire
III. The 10-Minute Examination of the Dizzy Patient
Subject Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag 26.4.2008
Verlagsort Philadelphia
Sprache englisch
Maße 178 x 254 mm
Gewicht 907 g
Themenwelt Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete HNO-Heilkunde
Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Neurologie
ISBN-10 0-7817-6562-5 / 0781765625
ISBN-13 978-0-7817-6562-6 / 9780781765626
Zustand Neuware
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