Vertigo and Dizziness

Béla Büki · Alexander A. Tarnutzer

Dec 2013 · OUP Oxford

About this ebook

Vertigo and dizziness rate among the most frequently occurring presenting complaints in neurology and in general medical practice. Since most patients do not have acute complaints at the time of examination, the clinician requires keen judgment in making a diagnosis, as patients often report confusing, real, or hypothetical causes of their problems. An improvement in the scientific understanding of vestibular physiology in recent years has led to the development of new diagnostic tests and more effective therapies. However, many of these advances have been slow to be adopted into routine clinical practice. Part of the Oxford Neurology Library (ONL) series, Vertigo and Dizziness helps clinicians improve their management of patients with these conditions. The text provides an overview of clinical vestibular physiology as well as of the latest developments in bedside examination, diagnosis/differential diagnosis, and state-of-the-art therapy. Vertigo and Dizziness serves as an essential clinical guide for neurologists, otorhinolaryngologists, and trainees in those disciplines, and for general practitioners and medical students.

About the author

After graduating from the Semmelweis Medical School, Budapest, Béla Büki, MD, PhD, specialized in ENT at the ENT-Clinic of the same University. Since 1998, he has been working in Austria, currently at the Dept. of Otorhinolaryngology, County Hospital Krems, Austria. His special interests are: otoacoustic emissions, electrocochleography, non-invasive intracranial pressure measurements and neurotology. Alexander A. Tarnutzer, MD, received his medical degree from the University of Basel, Switzerland, in 2003 and became a board-certified neurologist in 2012, after having completed his training at the Dept. of Neurology at the University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland. He is currently part of the Interdisciplinary Center for Vertigo & Balance Disorders at the University Hospital Zurich. His special interests are: human spatial orientation, balance and graviception, cerebellar disorders, transcranial magnetic stimulation, neurotology, neuro-ophthalmology.