Clinical Management of Swallowing Disorders

The diagnosis and treatment of swallowing disorders continues to evolve into a major medical discipline that traverses multiple medical specialties, especially speech-language pathologists and otolaryngologists. This third edition of Clinical Management of Swallowing Disorders is a core textbook that addresses the needs of those who will treat swallowing disorders as well as those clinicians who currently treat swallowing disorders in hospitals, rehabilitation centers, nursing homes and in private outpatient clinics. The essential aspects of dysphagia management are presented in a format that both beginners and clinicians needing a practical update on dysphagia will find useful.

The third edition addresses clinical issues in a concise way, provides handy tabular information, and offers practical treatment options for a wide variety of swallowing problems with medical, surgical and behavioral treatment models. The text focuses on treatment of swallowing disorders and avoids long discussions on the causes and complications of many neuromuscular diseases and neurological conditions that result in dysphagia. The Clinical Management of Swallowing Disorders offers the practicing clinician a reference text of the procedures for the management of swallowing disorders.

Thomas Murry, Ph.D., is Professor of Speech Pathology in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University, New York, and Adjunct Professor Teacher s College, Department of Biobehavioral Sciences, Columbia University, New York.

Ricardo L. Carrau, M.D., is Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and Neurosurgery, Director of the Maxillofacial Trauma Service, Director of the Consult Service, and Director of the Tracheotomy and Swallowing Unit at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He has published more than 100 papers, abstracts and book chapters and has been a guest lecturer at more than 100 national and international meetings.