Clinical management of swallowing disorders / Thomas Murry, Ricardo L. Carrau, Karen M. K. Chan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Murry, Thomas, 1943- author.

Carrau, Ricardo L., author.

Chan, Karen M. K., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Deglutition disorders--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Deglutition disorders.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 pages)

Edition:

Fourth edition.

Place of Publication:

San Diego, California : Plural Publishing, Inc., 2018.

Summary:

Clinical Management of Swallowing Disorders, Fourth Edition is a core graduate-level textbook that addresses the needs of students who will treat swallowing disorders as well as clinicians who currently treat swallowing disorders in hospitals, rehabilitation centers, nursing homes, and private outpatient clinics. The Fourth Edition has been revised to bring the reader up to date in all aspects of the management of swallowing disorders.

Contents:

Introduction to and epidemiology of swallowing disorders

Anatomy and function of the swallowing mechanism

Swallowing disorders arising from neurological disorders and other diseases

Swallowing disorders following surgical treatments

Clinical evaluation of swallowing disorders

Instrumental evaluation of swallowing disorders

Treatment of swallowing disorders

Nutrition and diets

Pediatric dysphagia : assessment of disorders of swallowing and feeding

Treatment of feeding and swallowing disorders

Surgical treatment and prosthetic management of swallowing disorders

Case studies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBC, viewed February 6, 2018).

ISBN:

1-944883-06-1