Advances in the evaluation and management of pediatric dysphagia

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 442-446

  Miller, Claire Kane ^a,b   Willging, Jay Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaluation of pediatric dysphagia; Management of pediatric dysphagia; Pediatric dysphagia; Pediatric feeding and swallowing; Pediatric videofluoroscopy; Swallowing in infants

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DYSPHAGIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENDOSCOPY; EOSINOPHILIA; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEEDING; FIBERSCOPE ENDOSCOPY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; MYOTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SWALLOWING; VIDEORECORDING;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT;

EID: 0344553273     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00020840-200312000-00006     Document Type: Review

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