This book offers a comprehensive and up-to-date description of the diagnosis and management of dysphagia, with particular reference to oral and pharyngeal dysfunction. Its coverage includes all aspects of dysphagia, from anatomy and physiology to patient care.

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Anatomy and physiology.- Saliva.- Feeding respiratory pattern.- Evaluation of symptoms.- Imaging techniques and some principles of interpretation.- Neuroimaging in swallowing.- The clinical and radiological approach to dysphagia.- Neurology of swallowing and dysphagia.- Oral and pharyngeal function and dysfunction.- Pharyngeal morphology.- Pharyngeal manometry.- Surgical aspects of oral and pharyngeal dysfunction and dysphagia.- The postoperative pharynx.- Evaluation and treatment after head and neck surgery and/or chemo-radiotherapy of head and neck malignancy.- Indirect treatment of oral and pharyngeal dysfunction.- Rheologic aspects of swallowing and dysphagia.- Indirect treatment of oral and pharyngeal dysfunction.- The dietician´s role in diagnosis and treatment of dysphagia.- The therapeutic swallowing study.- Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS).- Malnutrition in dysphagia.- Pulmonary complications in dysphagia.- Dehydration in dysphagia.- The importance of enteral nutrition.- Radiologic evaluation of esophageal function.- Esophageal morphology.- Esophageal manometry and pH-monitoring.- Intervention on the esophagus.- Gastroesophageal reflux disease, globus and dysphagia.- Endoscopy of the pharynx and esophagus.- Cross-sectional imaging of the hypopharynx and esophagus.- Pediatric aspects on dysphagia.- The pediatric esophagus.- Dysphagia in systemic disease.- The geriatric pharynx and esophagus.- Voice and dysphagia.- Psychiatric aspects of dysphagia.