Main description:

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.