This popular AAP manual provides expert help for virtually any commonly encountered pediatric ENT condition.Pediatric Otolaryngology is the first place to turn for expert help with the myriad ear, nose, and throat disorders. From adenopathy to ankyloglossia, ear infection to epistaxis, and from stridor to speech disorders, look here for the state of the art across the length and breadth of pediatric ENT disorders. Pediatric Otolaryngology delivers the precise level of detail primary care providers require. The book's practice-focused, case-based presentation streamlines patient problem-solving. "How to" clinical pearls help you master key diagnosis and treatment procedures. This must-have manual includes more than 100 high-quality photos and illustrations to aid with diagnosis.KEY FEATURESThree new chapters: Complications of Chronic Eustachian Tube Dysfunction: Retractions, Perforations, Cholesteatoma; Feeding Disorders/Ankyloglossia; and Pediatric TracheostomyUpdated guidelines for treatment of otitis media with effusionUpdated guideline on newborn hearing assessment and cytomegalovirus causationUpdated recommendations to treat intractable drooling


Scott R Schoem, MD, MBA, FAAP is a graduate of Georgetown University School of Medicine. He performed his surgical internship and otolaryngology residency at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, MD and his fellowship in pediatric otolaryngology at National Children’s Medical Center in Washington, DC. He founded and has been Director of Otolaryngology at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center in Hartford, CT since 1999. Dr Schoem is a Professor of Clinical Otolaryngology at UCONN, the Past President of the CT ENT Society, and the Past Chair of the Section on Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). He is the President-elect of the CT AAP state chapter. Dr Schoem is active in children’s healthcare advocacy and policy. He is a board member of ENT PAC at the American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. He has extensive experience lobbying both at the state and federal level to members of Congress. David Darrow, MD, DDS, FAAP is a Professor of Otolaryngology and Pediatrics at the Eastern Virginia Medical School, and an attending otolaryngologist at the Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters in Norfolk, VA. After receiving degrees in both dentistry and medicine, Dr Darrow completed residency in otolaryngology at the University of California, San Diego and a fellowship in pediatric otolaryngology at the Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago. Dr Darrow’s primary clinical and research interests are in the areas of otitis media, tonsillitis, and vascular birthmarks. He is the founder and co-director of the EVMS Center for Hemangiomas and Vascular Birthmarks, a multidisciplinary treatment program for patients with these disorders. He has lectured locally and nationally on proper diagnosis and management of middle ear disease in children. He has also written extensively on indications for tonsil and adenoid surgery. He has served on panels that developed guidelines for pediatric tonsillectomy, pediatric acute sinusitis, and infantile hemangiomas. Dr Darrow is the immediate past president of the Society for Ear, Nose, and Throat Advances in Children. He is a former Chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Otolaryngology and has served on the executive committee of the American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology.