About the Author:
Dr. Rebecca Leonard is an adjunct professor in the Deptartment of Otolaryngology/HNS at the University of California, Davis
About the Author:
Dr. Katherine Kendall is a member of the Department of Otolaryngology at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center and an adjunct Associate Professor of Otolaryngology at the University of Minnesota
The book contains black-and-white illustrations.
Synopsis
-Accompanying interactive CD-ROM shows a series of dynamic swallowing studies of 10 normal adults and 9 dysphagic adults through video animations quantifying different portions of the swallow -Reviews major strategies for evaluation such as bedside, clinical, radiographic, and endoscopic evaluations in neurogenic, head and neck, pediatric, and other populations of dysphagic patients -Structured so that information regarding normal swallow and characteristics of particular adult populations are presented first
Booknews
Members of the Medical Center Dysphagia Team at the University of California in Davis set out the principles of swallowing disorders and their multidisciplinary approach to it. They reveal their protocols and procedures, and offer step-by-step guidelines for measuring dysphagia deficits. Videofluoroscopic samples on the CD-ROM allow readers to practice measurement procedures that quantify aspects of normal and disordered swallowing; most are accessible in either Windows or Macintosh. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
The contributors represent the specialties of speech pathology, clinical pediatric nursing, physical medicine and rehabilitation, ENT clinical nursing, and radiology. All come from UC Davis.
Members of the Medical Center Dysphagia Team at the University of California in Davis set out the principles of swallowing disorders and their multidisciplinary approach to it. They reveal their protocols and procedures, and offer step-by-step guidelines for measuring dysphagia deficits. Videofluoroscopic samples on the CD-ROM allow readers to practice measurement procedures that quantify aspects of normal and disordered swallowing; most are accessible in either Windows or Macintosh. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
