Handbook Of Pediatric Otolaryngology: A Practical Guide For Evaluation And Management Of Pediatric Ear, Nose, And Throat Disorders

The Handbook of Pediatric Otolaryngology will provide the most up-to-date information on the clinical management of children with otolaryngologic disorders. It is ideal for medical students, house officers, and practicing physicians. Systems-based sections include information which is applicable in the clinic, operating room, and hospital settings. Chapters are written by experts in the fields of pediatric otolaryngology, anesthesiology, surgery, and audiology. It is an invaluable guide, in that it covers the basics of the specialty, while also including more advanced issues such as EXIT procedures, medico-legal controversies, and evidence-based medicine in pediatric otolaryngology. While it is a subspecialty text, it is written in a manner that is accessible to those at all levels of medical training.
Contents:Otology:Acute and Chronic Otitis Media (Betty S Tsai, Anna K Meyer and Kristina W Rosbe)Otitis Externa (Raymond C Maguire and Joseph E Dohar)Hearing Loss and Balance Disorders (Jodi L P Jones and Deborah S F Kacmarynski)Basic Audiometric Assessment of Children (Yvonne S Sininger)Rhinology:Acute and Chronic Rhinosinusitis (Scott C Manning)Pediatric Epistaxis (Brian F McGettigan and Udayan K Shah)Airway and Swallowing:Airway Obstruction in the Newborn (Matthew T Brigger and Christopher J Hartnick)Clinical Evaluation of Stridor (Seth M Pransky and Lawrence M Simon)Pediatric Laryngeal Disorders (N Scott Howard and Gerald Berke)Dysphagia in Children (N Scott Howard and Dinesh K Chhetri)Adenotonsillar Disease and Sleep-Disordered Breathing in Children (Anita Jeyakumar, Jennifer Veraldi and Ron B Mitchell)Head and Neck:Congenital Neck Masses (Andrew R Scott and Michael J Cunningham)Infections of the Pharynx and Neck in Children (Sofia Lyford-Pike and Emily F Boss)Benign Salivary Gland Disorders in Children (Diego A Preciado and Sukgi S Choi)Pediatric Ear, Nose and Throat Malignancies (Maie A St John, Ontario D Lau and Elliot Abemayor)Plastics:Craniofacial Anomalies (Prabhat K Bhama and Kathleen C Y Sie)Pediatric Ear, Nose, and Throat Trauma (T J O-Lee and Peter J Koltai)Specialized Chapters:The EXIT Procedure (Richard W Hong, Samuel H Wald and Daniel DeUgarte)Special Issues in Anesthesia for Pediatric Otolaryngology (Swati Patel and Keren Ziv)Guidelines in Pediatric Otolaryngology (Craig S Derkay, Amy S Ketcham and Thomas S Higgins)Medical Error in Pediatric Otolaryngology (Douglas Sidell and Nina L Shapiro)
Readership: Medical students; otolaryngology residents, fellows; otolaryngologists; pediatric otolaryngologists.