Practical Management of the Dizzy Patient is a practical, concise, and current guide to diagnosis and treatment of the various diseases that cause dizziness and imbalance.

Practical Management of the Dizzy Patient covers:

• the physical examination and state-of-the-art information on test modalities
• imaging techniques
• surgical procedures
• medical therapies for migraine
• superior canal dehiscence

Contents

1. Practical Anatomy and Physiology
2. Taking the History: The Nature of the Spell
3. Taking the History: Associated Symptoms
4. Taking the History: Risks 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

Index

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