2nd Edition
Dizziness and Vertigo An Introduction and Practical Guide
Dizziness and Vertigo describes the basic knowledge and practical skills necessary for managing patients presenting with common symptoms of dizziness and vertigo. It provides practitioners with a comprehensive overview of these conditions, steps for diagnosing patients and various treatment options.
This revised and updated edition provides a framework for the accurate diagnosis and management of patients with dizziness and vertigo, covering clinical assessments and case studies. It also includes new methods for treating Ménière’s disease and benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) and in the field of vestibular rehabilitation.
Dizziness and Vertigo is an essential reference for all those who manage patients in the outpatient setting, including general practice trainees, ear/nose/throat (ENT) specialists and physiotherapists.
1. Anatomy and Physiology
Rahul Kanegaonkar
2. Clinical Assessment in Vertigo
3. Imaging in Dizziness and Vertigo
Neshe Sriskandan and Steve Connor
4. Special Investigation
Phoebe Murphy
5. Differential Diagnosis
Rahul Kanegaonkar
6. Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo
Nikesh Patel
7. Acute Peripheral Vestibular Loss
Ambrose Lee
8. Vestibular Migraine
Nikesh Patel
9. Multilevel Vestibulopathy
Mudit Jindal and Sanjay Suman
10. Cholesteatoma
Foteini Stefania Koumpa and Atilla Dezso
11. MÉNIÈRE’S DISEASE
Neil Donnelly and Nathan Creber
12. Superior Semicircular Canal
Julien Dallaire and Richard Irving
13. Vestibular Schwannoma
James Tysome
14. Perilymph Fistula
Richard Gurgel
15. Central Pathology causing Dizziness
C. Eduardo Corrales
16. Systemic Conditions Affecting Balance
Stephen Broomfield
17. Vestibular Rehabilitation
Rachel Ritchie
18. Persistent Postural-Perceptual Dizziness
Diego Kaski
Biography
Rahul G. Kanegaonkar FRCS(ORL-HNS) is a Consultant in Otolaryngology at Medway Maritime Hospital, Kent, UK, and Clinical Lead for the Multidisciplinary Balance Clinic at the Royal London Hospital, London. He also holds two Chairs, one in Otorhinolaryngology, the second in Medical Innovation.
James R. Tysome MA, PhD, FRCS(ORL-HNS) is a Consultant in Otolaryngology and Skull Base Surgery at Cambridge University Hospitals, and is Associate Professor at the University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
