Chapter 5 Adult Neurologic Disorders MICHAEL A. CRARY CHAPTER OUTLINE Preliminary considerations: swallowing symptoms and neurologic deficits Brief overview of functional neuroanatomy relative to swallowing functions Cortical functions Cortical functions…
Chapter 15 Ethical Considerations MICHAEL E. GROHER CHAPTER OUTLINE Medical ethics Advance directives Tube feeding Enteral nutrition Parenteral nutrition Reasons for tube feeding Weaning from feeding tubes Aspiration pneumonia Risk…
Chapter 4 Disorders in Infants and Children JO PUNTIL-SHELTMAN and HELENE TAYLOR CHAPTER OUTLINE Infant background Maternal conditions Diabetes and gestational diabetes Preeclampsia Drugs Prematurity Necrotizing enterocolitis Gastroesophageal reflux disease…
Chapter 11 Special Considerations in Evaluating Infants and Children JO PUNTIL-SHELTMAN and HELENE TAYLOR CHAPTER OUTLINE Infants Infant subsystems Physiologic support systems Motor system State system Attention system Self-regulatory system…
Chapter 3 Normal Swallowing and Development in the Term and Preterm Infant JO PUNTIL-SHELTMAN CHAPTER OUTLINE Embryology and fetal development Normal developmental milestones Auditory development Visual development Development of taste…
Chapter 1 Dysphagia Unplugged MICHAEL E. GROHER and JO PUNTIL-SHELTMAN CHAPTER OUTLINE What is dysphagia? Incidence and prevalence Prevalence by setting Consequences of dysphagia Medical consequences Psychosocial consequences Clinical management…
Infectious Endocarditis Prophylaxis for Endoscopy (Gastrointest Endosc 2003;58:475-82) Note: Changes to these guidelines are likely forthcoming as GI societies adopt recent new recommendations, published (April 2007) in Circulation: Journal of…
Gastrointestinal Surgeries BILLROTH TYPE-I PARTIAL GASTRECTOMY This operation removes part of the stomach. The top half of the stomach is reconnected with the duodenum. Reprinted with permission from CancerHelp UK…
Foreign Bodies (Gastrointest Endosc 2002;55:802-06) DEFINITION: Ingestion of a foreign substance EPIDEMIOLOGY: Approximately 1500-3000 people die every year due to foreign body ingestion Only 10-20% of foreign bodies require removal…
Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) (Gastrointest Endosc 2005;61:8-12) INDICATIONS: Esophagus Esophageal carcinoma T and N staging Submucosal nodules and extrinsic compression Stomach and Duodenum Gastric cancer staging Submucosal nodules and extrinsic compression…
