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Peter Breuer

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Anxiety disorders and other psychiatric subgroups in patients complaining of dizziness.

2003

Two hundred and two consecutive patients with dizziness were evaluated using blind neuro-otological testing and examination, blind psychiatric examination, including structured interviews (according to DSM-IV), the Symptom Check-List (SCL 90 R), and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI). In 28% of the patients (N=50) dizziness was of organic origin (O group); in 55.3% (N=99) of psychogenic origin (P group) and in 16.8% comorbid psychiatric disorders were found (Mixed group). In 5.3% (N=10) neither organic nor psychiatric results could be found, which could explain the dizziness (Ideopathic group). Compared with the Organic group the patients with psychiatric disorders (P and Mixed group)…

NosologyAdultMalemedicine.medical_specialtyAdolescentDizzinessDiagnosis Differential03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineChronic subjective dizzinessGermanymedicinePsychogenic diseaseHumans030223 otorhinolaryngologyPsychiatrymusicDepression (differential diagnoses)AgedPsychiatric Status Rating Scalesmusic.instrumentMental DisordersMiddle Agedmedicine.diseaseAnxiety Disorders3. Good healthPsychiatry and Mental healthClinical PsychologyVestibular DiseasesAnxietyFemalemedicine.symptomPsychologySomatization030217 neurology & neurosurgeryAnxiety disorderStress PsychologicalAgoraphobiaJournal of anxiety disorders
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Interaction of somatoform and vestibular disorders

2006

The high coincidence of organic vestibular and somatoform vertigo syndromes has appeared to support pathogenic models showing a strong linkage between them. It was hypothesised that a persisting vestibular dysfunction causes the development of anxiety disorders.To determine the relation between vestibular deficits and somatoform vertigo disorders in an interdisciplinary prospective study.Participants were divided into eight diagnostic groups: healthy volunteers (n=26) and patients with benign paroxysmal positioning vertigo (BPPV, n=11), vestibular neuritis (n=11), Menière's disease (n=7), vestibular migraine (n=15), anxiety (n=23), depression (n=12), or somatoform disorders (n=22). Neuro-ot…

PaperAdultMalePediatricsmedicine.medical_specialtyMigraine with AuraStatistics as TopicNeurological examinationComorbidityPersonality AssessmentTilt table testReference ValuesTilt-Table TestVertigootorhinolaryngologic diseasesmedicineCaloric TestsHumansProspective StudiesSomatoform DisordersKinesthesisVestibular NeuronitisAgedVestibular systemNeurologic ExaminationPatient Care TeamDepressive Disordermedicine.diagnostic_testbiologyReflex Vestibulo-OcularMiddle Agedmedicine.diseasebiology.organism_classificationComorbidityAnxiety DisordersMigraine with auraPsychiatry and Mental healthVestibular DiseasesPhysical therapyVertigoAnxietySurgeryFemalesense organsNeurology (clinical)medicine.symptomPsychologyPsychopathology
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Application of GPS technology to measurements of displacements of high-rise structures due to weak winds

2002

Abstract Global positioning systems (GPS) have been developed for military purposes like single-point positioning and navigation. The first non-military applications have been made for geodetic purposes with base-line measurements using differential methods. We introduce GPS technology as an alternative measurement method of displacements when high-rise structural systems are monitored. In this paper, two tests to evaluate the accuracy of the measurements using GPS are presented. Then the evaluation of ability of GPS to measure small movements of the Stuttgart TV-tower and the industrial chimney of Opole power station due to weak winds are also given.

Measure (data warehouse)Measurement methodPower stationRenewable Energy Sustainability and the Environmentbusiness.industryMechanical EngineeringStructural systemGeodetic datumGeodesyGlobal Positioning SystemChimneybusinessGeologyCivil and Structural EngineeringRemote sensingHigh riseJournal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics
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Quality of life in patients with chronic urticaria is differentially impaired and determined by psychiatric comorbidity

2005

Summary Background  Chronic urticaria (CU), one of the most common skin disorders, is characterized by spontaneous recurrent bouts of weals and pruritus and associated with severely impaired quality of life (QoL). Objectives  To determine what aspects of life quality are affected and to characterize the factors that impact on QoL in CU patients. Subjects and methods  This interdisciplinary interview/questionnaire-based study included 100 patients admitted to a University Hospital Dermatology Department for the identification of underlying causes of CU; 96 healthy subjects matched for age and sex were used as controls. QoL was assessed using Skindex-29, a validated instrument to measure the …

medicine.medical_specialtyPsychometricsbusiness.industryDermatologyDiseasehumanities3. Good health030207 dermatology & venereal diseases03 medical and health sciencesPsychiatric comorbidity0302 clinical medicineQuality of lifeInternal medicinePhysical therapymedicineAnxietyIn patient030212 general & internal medicinemedicine.symptombusinessChronic urticariaDepression (differential diagnoses)British Journal of Dermatology
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