Tracheotomy. Airway Management, Communication and Swallowing

About the Book

A new edition of a highly popular and successful coverage of the subject, Tracheotomy has now been fully revised, updated and expanded, with new chapters including Dr. John Schaefer’s Alternatives to Tracheotomy and Teaching Airway Management. In addition, Dr. Harvey Slater has contributed an excellent new chapter with current concepts on management of tracheotomy in burn patients. Advances in technology leading to improvements in tracheostomy tubes are reflected in a chapter on the subject by Professor Carl-Eric Lindholm from Sweden. Other advances and new techniques and practices are reflected throughout, including the management of airway problems in newborn children using the EXIT technique.

Contents

I. Airway Management. The History of Tracheotomy, Steven Zeitels. Alternatives to Tracheotomy, Andrew Herlich. Management of Tracheotomy in Adults, Eugene N. Myers. Management of Tracheotomy in Children, Robert F. Yellon. Tracheostomy in the Intensive Care Unit Setting, Karen M. Kost. Selecting a Tracheostomy Tube: Current Options, Carl-Eric Lindholm. II. Rehabilitation. Nursing Management of the Patient with a Tracheostomy, Marilyn Hudak. Long-Term Care of Tracheostomy Patients, David A. Nace and Andrea Fox. Communication Options for Tracheostomy and Ventilator-Dependent Patients, Marta S. Kazandjian and Karen Dikeman. Management of Swallowing in the Patient with a Tracheostomy, Ricardo L. Carrau and Tami Wasserman. III. Tracheotomy: Special Considerations. Burn Patients, Harvey Slater. Tracheotomy in Patients with the Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome, Jonas T. Johnson. Teaching Airway Management, John Schaefer.

About the Author

Eugene N. Myers, M.D., FACS, Hon FRCS (Edin.), Distinguished Professor and Emeritus Chair, Department of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Medical Center.

Jonas T. Johnson, M.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburg School of Medicine and Medical Center, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.

Audience: Primary: Otolaryngology