| Cough: An Interdisciplinary Problem, an Issue of Otolaryngologic Clinics: Volume 43-1 Contributor(s): Altman, Kenneth W. (Author), Irwin, Richard (Author) |
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ISBN: 1437718493 ISBN-13: 9781437718492 Publisher: Saunders OUR PRICE: $94.04 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Otolaryngology |
| Dewey: 616.2 |
| Series: Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6" W x 9" (1.15 lbs) 219 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Both acute and chronic cough are responsible for a significant number of ambulatory medical visits annually. The recent comprehensive understanding that cough" is a reflection of underlying disease pays tribute to the multifactorial causes, as well recognition of the respiratory and upper digestive tract as a physiologic unit." This publication highlights the advances made in managing cough and brings these to otolaryngology practitioners in a concise forum, as well as presenting issues of special interest to laryngologists such as paradoxical vocal fold motion, disordered breathing, irritable larynx, evolution of the vagus as a protective circuit, the importance of cough in deglutition, and surgical interventions. Some of the topics include: The cough reflex, sensory receptors, and neurogenic mediators; Mucus and mucins; Cough and Swallowing dysfunction; Cough due to asthma, cough-variant asthma, and nonasthmatic eosinophilic bronchitis; Occupational, environmental, and irritant induced cough; Pharmacologic management; Unexplained cough; Cough in the pediatric population; and Rhinogenic laryngitis, cough and the unified airway; among others. |