Get a quick, expert overview of dizziness and vertigo from childhood through old age with this concise, practical resource. Drs. Bradley W. Kesser and Tucker Gleason have assembled a leading team of experts to address timely clinical topics of interest to otolarynologists and other health care providers who see patients with these common problems.
Table of Contents:Section 1: Introduction to Dizziness
- 1. Dizziness Demographics and Population Health
- 2. Clinical Examination of the Dizzy Patient in the Context of Contemporary Diagnostic Techniques
Section 2: Pediatric
- 3. Development of the Vestibular System and Balance Function: Differential Diagnosis in the Pediatric Population
- 4. Assessment Techniques for Vestibular Evaluation in Pediatric Patients
- 5. The Predominant Forms of Vertigo in Children and Their Associated Findings on Balance Function Testing
Section 3: Adolescent and Adult
- 6. Dizziness and Vertigo in the Adolescent
- 7. Evaluation of Dizziness in the Litigating Patient
- 8. vHIT
- 9. Positional Vertigo: As Occurs Across All Age Groups
- 10. Vestibular Neuritis
- 11. Migraine-Associated Vertigo
- 12. Superior Canal Dehiscence
- 13. Meniere’s Disease: A Challenging and Relentless Disorder
- 14. Uncommon causes of disequilibrium in the adult
Section 4: Elderly
- 15. Baroreflexes
- 16. Vertebrobasilar Infarcts and Ischemia
- 17. Dizziness in the Elderly
- 18. Medication-Related Dizziness in the Older Adult
- 19. Vestibular Rehabilitation of Older Adults with Dizziness
