Practical Pediatric Otolaryngology offers hands-on guidance for the diagnosis and medical and surgical management of orolaryngologic disorders in infants and children.

Features:

• Algorithms allow the reader to understand more closely how the authors approach a particular problem
• The Pearls and Perils boxes capture key points that are especially troubling for the practitioner
• Case studies presented as the final section of the book illustrate challenging applications of the information provided elsewhere in the text

Contents

General Considerations

• Special Considerations in the Assessment of the Pediatric Otolaryngology Patient
• Adenotonsillar Disease in Children
• Central and Obstructive Apnea
• Assessment of Speech and Language Disorders in Children
• Pediatric Voice Disorders
• Sialorrhea
• Clinical Genetics in Pediatric Otolaryngology
• Chronic Cough
• Immunodeficiency Disorders
• Anesthesia
• Outcomes Research for the Practicing Physician

Ear and Temporal Bone

• Hearing Assessment in Infants and Children
• Congenital and Acquired Hearing Loss: Etiology and Management
• Diagnosis and Management of Otitis Media with Effusion
• The Child With Vertigo
• Surgical Considerations in Chronic Otitis Media
• Aural Rehabilitation for Hearing-Impaired Children
• Congenital and Acquired Facial Paralysis
• Controversies in Cochlear Implantation: Technical and Surgical Considerations
• Bone-Anchored Hearing Aids and Ear Prostheses
• Audiometric Screening
• Imaging of the Ear in Children

Sinonasal Conditions

• Allergic Rhinitis
• Medical Treatment of Rhinosinusitis in Children
• Surgical Therapy for Sinusitis and Its Complications
• Epistaxis
• Nasal Obstruction in Infancy

Airway

• Evaluation of the Noisy Infant
• Evaluation of the Pediatric Airway by Rigid Endoscopy
• Evaluation of the Pediatric Airway by Flexible Endoscopy
• Congenital Anomalies of the Larynx
• Acquired Anomalies of the Larynx and Trachea
• Neoplastic Disorders of the Larynx and Trachea
• Inflammatory Diseases of the Pediatric Airway
• Aerodigestive Tract Foreign Bodies
• Tracheotomy in the Pediatric Patient
• Caustic Ingestion
• Feeding Disorders in Children
• Vocal Cord Paralysis
• Tracheobroncomalacia
• Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis

Head and Neck

• Congenital Malformations of the Head and Neck
• Neoplastic Disorders: Benign and Malignant
• Salivary Disease in Children
• Deep Neck Infections: Recognition, Evaluation, Therapy

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

• Craniofacial Skeletal Trauma in Childhood
• Blunt and Penetrating Neck Trauma in Children
• Pediatric Facial Soft Tissue Trauma
• Unilateral Cleft Lip
• Cleft Palate
• Assessment and Management of Velopharyngeal Insufficiency
• Otolaryngologic Manifestations of Down Syndrome
• Management of Craniosynostosis
• Auricular Reconstruction
• Otoplasty
• Congenital Vascular Lesions of the Head and Neck

Difficult Cases in Pediatric Otolaryngology

• Management of Frontal Sinusitus
• Laryngeal Trauma
• Laryngeal Cleft
• Laryngomalacia
• Congenital Tracheal Rings
• Vocal Cord Paralysis
• Thyroglossal Duct Cyst
• Sialorrhea and Aspiration
• Sigmoid Sinus Thrombosis
• Membraneous Tracheitis
• Laryngeal Saccular Cyst
• Allergic Fungal Sinusitis
• Orbital Subperiostal Abscess
• Penetrating Injury of the Carotid Artery

Index

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