Vestibular Migraine and Related Syndromes

Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-3-319-37869-5
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 3518 g

The book aims to provide a timely update on a group of disorders of growing clinical and research interest. Vertigo and dizziness are far from being rare in total population and approach to them has significantly changed in the last years. Our handbook reports in a practical way what has been recently published on these disorders. As a result, the neurologist will be able to acquire the tools to recognize, diagnose and treat numerous clinical pictures that often border on the expertise of ENT specialists and audiologists. The authoritative interdisciplinary working group that compiled the book intended to provide a practical and integrative view, useful in understanding and solving the problems related to these pathologies (Vestibular Migraine and related disorders) in daily practice. A part on other episodic vertigo have been included in this handbook, as well as a part which deals physiology of the vestibular end organ.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Teggi, Roberto

Colombo, Bruno

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Neurologie, Klinische Neurowissenschaft
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin HNO-Heilkunde, Phoniatrie, Audiologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Bildgebende Verfahren, Nuklearmedizin, Strahlentherapie Radiologie, Bildgebende Verfahren

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword.- Migraine: Pathophysiology and Classification.- Neurophysiology of Migraine.- Therapy of Migraine.- Migraine: the Hypersensitive Brain.- Epidemiology of Vestibular Migraine and Related Syndromes.- Vestibular migraine: Classification and Clinical Features.- Vestibular Migraine: Vestibular Testing and Pathophysiology.- Visual Vertigo and Motion Sickness.- Therapy of Vestibular Migraine.- Vertigo as a Migraine Precursor.- Menière’s Syndrome and Migraine.- Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo and Migraine.- Dizziness Anxiety and Migraine.- Dizziness and Cognitive Processes.- Imaging of Migraine and Vestibular Migraine.

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Bruno Colombo has been Coordinator of the Headache and Migraine Centers at San Raffaele Hospital in Milan since 2008, having previously worked as a neurologist at San Raffaele Hospital and as a clinical assistant and research worker at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery and St. Bartholomew’s College of Medicine, London, UK. He is Temporary Professor of Neurology at San Raffaele Hospital in Milan; furthermore, he has played a major role in the field of headache and migraine, being co-founder of ANIRCEF (the Italian Neurological Association for Research on Migraines) and of another Italian foundation, The Italian Headache Foundation (FICEF). He is author of many journal articles and has an H-index of 16.

Dr. Roberto Teggi has worked as a consultant for vestibular disorders in the ENT Department at San Raffaele Hospital since 2001 and teaches as an Assistant Professor in the School of Medicine and in the Residency School in Neurology and ENT. His major research interests in the last 10 years have been vestibular and other inner ear disorders. Dr. Teggi has been involved in the coordination or scientific organization of various meetings relating to the management of central and peripheral vertigo, dizziness and neuropathology and neuro-otology. He is the author of more than 20 journal articles on these subjects, as well as various book chapters.