Preface; Chapter 1; Pediatric Dysphagia and Aspiration: Evaluation and Management; Abstract; Introduction; The Development of Swallowing; Airway Protective Reflexes; Pathophysiologic Events Associated with Aspiration; Causes of Dysphagia in Children; Symptoms of Aspiration; Physical Evaluation of Aspiration; Radiologic Evaluation of Aspiration; Diagnosis of Dysphagia in Infants and Children; Other Diagnostic Tests of Aspiration; Pulmonary Function Tests in Infants with Dysphagia; Treatment of Dysphagia; Gastrostomy/Jejunostomy Tube Placement for Severe Dysphagia
Management of Salivary AspirationConclusion; References; Biographical Sketch; Chapter 2; Post-Stroke Dysphagia; Abstract; Introduction; Neural Control of Swallowing; Brainstem and Peripheral Control; Higher Nervous System Control; Lesion Location; Diagnostic Issues; Water Swallow Test (WST); Bulbar Function Assessment; Pulse Oxymetry and Silent Aspiration; Clinical and Neuroanatomical Predictors of Post-Stroke Dysphagia; Recovery from Post-Stroke Dysphagia and Persistent Dysphagia; References; Chapter 3; Dysphagia and Pneumonia in Acute Intracerebral Hemorrhage; Abstract; Introduction
Dysphagia after ICHMalnutrition and Dehydration; Risk Factors for Severe Dysphagia after ICH; Alternative Nutrition for Treatment of Severe Dysphagia; Dysphagia Therapy; Pneumonia after ICH; Prevention of Pneumonia after ICH; Conclusion; References; Chapter 4; Swallowing Dysfunction in Patients with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy; Abstract; Introduction; Characteristics of Dysphagia in Patients with DMD; Methods of Evaluating Swallowing Problems in Patients with DMD; Conclusion; References; Bibliography; Related Nova Publications; Dysphagia: Risk Factors, Diagnosis and Treatment
Dysphagia on the Elderly: Risk Factors, Diagnosis and Treatment*Relationship between Dysphagia and Depressive States in Patients with Parkinson's Disease*; Index; Blank Page
