ABC of Ear, Nose and Throat, 5th Edition

by Editor: Harold S. Ludman; Editor: Patrick Bradley (Queen's Medical Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK)

• ISBN13: 9781444312669
• ISBN10: 1444312669
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2009-04-01
• Publisher: BMJ Books

Summary

This new edition of the best-selling ABC of Otolaryngology offers an up-to-date overview of otolaryngology, and head and neck surgery (ENT). Now in its fifth edition, the ABC of Ear, Nose and Throat advises on how best to manage patients with the most common ENT-related problems. Thoroughly revised and updated, this new edition includes extra chapters on facial pain, head and neck tumours, sleep apnoea and epistaxis, as well as recent advances in ENT evaluation and investigations (especially CT and MRI) and minimally invasive techniques. New material on voice, breathing and swallowing disorders, hearing impairment and cochlear implants has been added, with new pictures, illustrations and algorithms throughout. The ABC of Ear, Nose and Throat offers an essential introduction to this fundamental speciality for students, whilst providing a practical reference for GPs, GP registrars, junior doctors and nurses.

Table of Contents

Contributors

Preface

Pain in the Ear

Discharge from the Ear

Hearing Impairment and Tinnitus in Adults

Adult Hearing Rehabilitation and Cochlear Implants

Childhood Hearing Loss:

Acoustic Neuromas and other Cerebello Pontine Angle Tumours

Vertigo

Facial Palsy

Paranasal Sinus Diseases and Infections

Facial Pain

Sore Throats

Breathing Disorders

Swallowing Problems

Snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnoea

Hoarseness and Voice Problems

Trauma, Injuries and Foreign Bodies

Epistaxis, Catarrh, Glossodynia, Halitosis and Somatization

Neck Swellings

Head and Neck Cancer

Index

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