Swallowing – Physiology, Disorders, Diagnosis and Therapy

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Mankekar, Gauri (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New Delhi : Springer India : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Internal medicine.; Otorhinolaryngology.; Rehabilitation.; Medicine & Public Health.; Internal Medicine.

Swallowing difficulty or dysphagia is a common disorder and affects all age groups from the newborn to the elderly. Several medical conditions like lack of dentition, gastroesophageal reflux disease, eosinophilic esophagitis, cardiomegaly and strokes can cause dysphagia. It can also follow head -nec...

Table of Contents:

• Anatomy of swallowing
• Physiology of swallowing
• Swallowing disorders: Clinical features & diagnosis
• Assessment of swallowing disorders
• Endoscopic management of swallowing disorders
• Radiological diagnosis in swallowing disorders
• Neurogenic dysphagia
• Medical management of swallowing disorders
• Pediatric dysphagia
• Presbyphagia.