Dysphagia, An Issue of Otolaryngologic Clinics

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Elsevier Health Sciences, Dec 28, 2013 - Medical - 16 pages
Information on Dysphagia for Otolaryngolotists in this issue of Otolaryngologic Clinics: Emphasizes procedure-oriented evaluation and management; Discusses the importance of this subject in terms of medical and surgical risk; Heightens Otolaryngologists’ role in dysphagia patient care; Provides a set of recommendations to standardize the approach to these complicated patients; Describes aspects of dysphagia concisely, with prominent use of Tables and Figures. Among topics presented are: Etiology of Dysphagia; Dysphagia Screening and Assessment Instruments; The Modified Barium Swallow; Functional Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing; Esophageal Disease; Ancillary Testing in the Evaluation of Dysphagia; Malnutrition and Dehydration; Management of Cricopharyngeal Dysfunction; Zenker’s Diverticulum; Glottal Insufficiency with Aspiration Risk in Dysphagia; Global Laryngeal Dysfunction; Screening High-risk Groups, Pathway for Intervention, and more. Guest Editor Kenneth Altman of Mount Sinai, whose expertise, clinical work, and teaching is focused on laryngology, leads the group of expert physicians in this issue.
 

Contents

Otolaryngologic Clinics Of North America
xi
Preface
xiii
Fundamentals of Swallowing
921
The Evolution and Development of Human Swallowing
923
The Normal Swallow
937
Central Neural Circuits for Coordination of Swallowing Breathing and Coughing
957
Clinical Assessment
965
Causes of Dysphagia Among Different Age Groups
965
Malnutrition Dehydration and Ancillary Feeding Options in Dysphagia Patients
1059
Surgical and Other Interventions
1073
Nonsurgical Treatment
1073
Management of Cricopharyngeus Muscle Dysfunction
1087
Zenker Diverticulum
1101
Glottal Insufficiency with Aspiration Risk in Dysphagia
1113
Special Populations and Considerations
1123
Special Groups
1123

Oropharyngeal Dysphagia
989
The Modified Barium Swallow and the Functional Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing
1009
Normal Esophageal Physiology and Laryngopharyngeal Reflux
1023
Esophageal Pathology
1043
Dysphagia in Stroke Neurodegenerative Disease and Advanced Dementia
1137
Index
1151
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