Pediatric Dysphagia Resource Guide (Delmar Resource Guide)
SECTION 1: CORE KNOWLEDGE. Setting the State, Neonatology, Normal Developmental System Changes, Gastrointestinal Tract: What Does the Feeding Specialist Need To Know?, The Role of Respiration in Swallowing, Physiology of the Suck-Swallow-Breathe Sequence, Brain Stem and Cortical Control of Deglutition, Developmental Feeding Skills, Alternate Methods of Nutritional Intake, Overview of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. SECTION 2: MEDICAL DISORDERS AND OTHER ETIOLOGIES OF PEDIATRIC DYSPHAGIA. Gastrointestinal / Gastroesophageal Tract Disorders, Respiratory Disorders, Central Nervous System Damage, Peripheral Nervous System Damage, Cardiac Defects, Extracorporeal Membraneous Oxygenation, Prematurity, Structural Abnormalities. SECTION 3: PROCEDURES. General Diagnostic Procedures, Clinical Feeding Evaluation of Infants and Older Children, Videofluoroscopic Swallow Study. SECTION 4: THERAPY FOR FEEDING AND SWALLOWING PROBLEMS. Treatment Strategies. SECTION 5: CASE STUDIES. Gastroesophageal Reflux, Tracheoesophageal Fistula, Prematurity, Cardiac Defects, Nonorganic Failure To Thrive, Multiple Disorders. APPENDIX A: Anatomical Structures of Infant Feeding/Swallowing. APPENDIX B: Developmental Cognitive-Social-Communicative-Sensory Milestones.