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Pediatric Aerodigestive Medicine

An Interdisciplinary Approach

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Editors:
  1. Rachel Rosen

    1. Harvard University, Boston, USA

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  2. Michael Rutter

    1. University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, USA

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  3. Paul Boesch

    1. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA

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  • Serves as a comprehensive reference on pediatric aerodigestive medicine
  • Written by an international team of expert authors
  • Interdisciplinary with key use for pulmonologists, gastroenterologists, otolaryngologists, and more

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About this book

This major reference work serves as a comprehensive resource on pediatric aerodigestive medicine. Aerodigestive medicine is one of the fastest growing pediatric subspecialties. Currently, there are more than 50 aerodigestive centers in the US, and Europe is beginning to build centers to keep pace with the United States. This growth offers a tremendous opportunity for teaching and learning. While there is a growing number of published papers in the field, many of the large centers have accrued significant experience caring for these patients which, when melded with published research, would become a critical manual by which newer centers could operate.

The text is divided into four sections: General Chapters, The Gastroenterology Perspective, The Otolaryngology Perspective, and The Pulmonary Perspective. Each section goes into deep and comprehensive detail on what each specialty needs to consider while caring for patients with aerodigestive disorders. Written by a diverse, international group of authors who have established expertise in the care of these patients, each chapter reviews the state of the field and current literature while providing diagnostic and therapeutic algorithms with supporting endoscopic images.

Some integral topics covered that are not detailed fully in existing literature include:

  • the science behind why these centers are critical;
  • new airway diagnoses discovered through these centers, including laryngeal clefts, tracheomalacia, and bronchiectasis;
  • broad gastrointestinal differential diagnoses to include oropharyngeal, esophageal and gastric dysmotility;
  • novel diagnostic tests used by specialists to clarify diagnoses (e.g., functional luminal imaging probes, high resolution manometry, airway biomarkers, novel airway scaffolding techniques);
  • the interrelationship between ventilatory support and the gastrointestinal tract;
  • complex feeding issues including enteral tube supportin these patients;
  • mechanisms of lung injury;
  • the management of key patient populations (e.g. esophageal atresia, Trisomy 21, diaphragmatic hernia, bronchopulmonary dysplasia).

This book is essentially interdisciplinary and serves as an ideal reference for pulmonologists, gastroenterologists, otolaryngologists, feeding therapists, and complex care pediatricians who care for children with complex respiratory and gastrointestinal disorders.

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Table of contents (13 entries)

  1. The Multidisciplinary Care of Children with Down Syndrome

    • Arwen Jackson, Jennifer Maybee, Emily M. DeBoer

  2. Feeding Difficulties in the Esophageal Atresia Patient

    • Amornluck Krasaelap, Diana G. Lerner

  3. Diagnosis of Extraesophageal Reflux

    • Eric H. Chiou

  4. Eosinophilic Esophagitis in the Aerodigestive Patient: Diagnosis and Treatment

    • Suzanna Hirsch, Eitan Rubinstein

  5. Gastrointestinal Considerations When Thickening Feeds Orally and Enterally

    • Daniel R. Duncan, Lauren Jalali, Nina Williams

  6. Rumination Syndrome and Other Functional GI Disorders

    • Jose M. Garza

  7. Acquired and Congenital Esophageal Stricture Management in the Aerodigestive Patient

    • Thea von Graffenried, Usha Krishnan, Christophe Faure

  8. Diagnostic Approach to Tracheomalacia and Medical Management

    • Erik B. Hysinger, Sara M. Zak

  9. Multidisciplinary Evaluation of Severe and Difficult to Control Asthma

    • Mikhail Y. Kazachkov, Jessica L. Erkman

  10. Chronic Cough in Children

    • Jonathan C. Schroeder, Dinesh K. Pillai

  11. Feeding, Swallowing, and Breathing in Infants and Children with BPD

    • Erik B. Hysinger, Melissa House

  12. Pulmonary Hypertension and the Implications for Care of the Aerodigestive Patient

    • Whitney S. Thompson, Sophia M. Pillai

  13. Treatment of Extraesophageal Reflux Disease

    • L. S. Sadder, R. M. Sanghavi
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Harvard University, Boston, USA

    Rachel Rosen

  • University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, USA

    Michael Rutter

  • Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA

    Paul Boesch

About the editors

Rachel Rosen, MD, MPH is a pediatric gastroenterologist and the director of the Aerodigestive Center at Boston Children’s Hospital. She is also an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School.

Michael Rutter, MD is a pediatric otolaryngologist and the director of the Aerodigestive Center at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. He is also a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati.

Paul Boesch, DO is a pediatric pulmonologist and the director of the Pediatric Aerodigestive Program at the Mayo Clinic. He is also an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Pediatric Aerodigestive Medicine

  • Book Subtitle: An Interdisciplinary Approach

  • Editors: Rachel Rosen, Michael Rutter, Paul Boesch

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86354-8

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Springer Reference Medicine, Reference Module Medicine

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-86354-8Due: 23 December 2024

  • Number of Pages: M, 20

  • Number of Illustrations: 75 b/w illustrations, 225 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Pneumology/Respiratory System, Gastroenterology, Otorhinolaryngology

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