Dizziness and vertigo across the lifespan /

"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Elsevier Science (Firm)
Other Authors: Gleason, A. Tucker (Editor), Kesser, Bradley W. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: St. Louis, Mo. : Elsevier, 2018.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book.
Table of Contents:
  • Dizziness demographics and population health
  • Technological advances in testing the dizzy patient : the bedside examination is still the key to successful diagnosis
  • Development of the vestibular system and of balance function : differential diagnosis in the pediatric population
  • Assessment techniques for vestibular evaluation in pediatric patients
  • An update on the predominant forms of vertigo in children and their associated findings on balance function testing
  • Dizziness and vertigo in the adolescent
  • Evaluation of dizziness in the litigating patient
  • The video head impulse test
  • Positional vertigo : as occurs across all age groups
  • Vestibular neuritis
  • Migraine-associated vertigo
  • Superior semicircular canal dehiscence
  • Meniere's disease : a challenging and relentless disorder
  • Uncommon causes of disequilibrium in the adult
  • The cardiovascular dizziness connection : role of vestibular autonomic interactions in aging and dizziness
  • Vertebrobasilar infarcts and ischemia
  • Dizziness in the elderly
  • Medication-related dizziness in the older adult
  • Older adults with dizziness : rehabilitation strategies and novel interventions.