Vertigo and dizziness: common complaints

After headache, vertigo and dizziness is the second most common complaint of patients. Vertigo is not a disease entity, but rather an unspecific syndrome consisting of various disorders with different causes. Most syndromes of vertigo can only be correctly diagnosed by means of a careful medical history and physical examination of the patient. The majority of these cases have a benign cause, a favorable natural course, and a positive response to therapy. This short and concise, clinically-oriented book and accompanying online files with 65video clips of case histories is for physicians of different specializations who treat patients with vertigo including neurologists and ENT specialists. Easy-to-use, it has an overview of the most important syndromes of vertigo, eachwith explanatory clinical descriptions and illustrations. Target market: Physicians of different specializations who treat patients with vertigo including neurologists, neurootologic specialists, neuroophthalmology, otolaryngology, head and neck surgery, ophthalmology and ENT specialists, and general medicine practitioners. Special emphasis on treatments: drug, physical, operative or psychotherapeutic Accompanying online files presenting typical case histories INDICE: Introductory remarks - Peripheral vestibular forms of vertigo - Central vestibular forms of vertigo - Traumatic forms of vertigo - Psychogenic forms of vertigo and dizziness - Various vertigo syndromes.

• ISBN: 978-1-84882-921-3
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 150
• Fecha Publicación: 01/11/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés