BookPeter C. Belafsky, Maggie A. Kuhn.
Summary: The Clinician's Guide to Swallowing Fluoroscopy is a comprehensive resource for all dysphagia clinicians. This beautifully-illustrated text is intended for SLP, ENT, radiology, GI, and rehabilitation specialists interested in swallowing and addresses the need for an up-to-date, all-inclusive reference. Topics covered include radiation safety and protection, fluoroscopic oral, pharygeal, and esophageal phase protocols and abnormalities, and objective measures of timing and displacement.
Contents:
1. Radiation Safety
2. The Videofluoroscopic Swallow Study Technique and Protocol
3. The Videofluoroscopic Esophagram Technique and Protocol
4. Normal Oral and Pharyngeal Phase Fluoroscopy
5. Normal Pharyngoesophageal Segment Fluoroscopy
6. Normal Esophageal Fluoroscopy
7. Objective Measures on Videofluoroscopic Swallow Studies
8. Fluoroscopy and Dysphagia Outcome Measures
9. Abnormal Oral and Pharyngeal Phase Fluoroscopy
10. Abnormal Pharyngoesophageal Segment Fluoroscopy
11. Abnormal Esophageal Fluoroscopy.