XIV IAPO Manual of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

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General Considerations

1. How did Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery Become the Essential Medical Discipline for the 21st Century?
   Robert J. Ruben
2. The Evolving Identity of Otolaryngology From Otolaryngology to Communication to Human Behavior
   Roland D. Eavey
3. Does Pediatric Laryngology Needs a Patron Saint?
   Lesley J. Salked
4. Placebo Effects in Medicine
   Ted J. Kaptchuk and Franklin G. Miller
5. Discussions About Gizmos
   Richard Rosenfeld and Peter J. Koltai
6. Diagnosis
   Richard Rosenfeld
7. Patient
   Richard Rosenfeld
8. Simulation in Otolaryngology: Smart People CAN Learn from Dummies!
   Ellen Deutsch
9. Facing Severe or Recurrent Infections? Think About Primary Immunodeficiency
   Sandro Felix Perazzio and Luís Eduardo Coelho Andrade
10. Risk to Children´s and Adolescent´s Health in the Digital World
    Marco Antonio Chaves Gama

Mouth, Head & Neck

1. Ankyloglossia:Tongue Tie
   Jessica Levi and Kimberly Russell
2. Balloon Dilatation in Laryngo Tracheal Stenosis: An Update
   Maria Luisa Tropiano, Marilena Trozzi and Sergio Bottero
3. A Practical Clinical Guideline for Bronchoscopy in Children with Suspected Foreign Body Aspiration: The “2/3 Rule”
   Lesley J. Salked
4. Understanding the Role of Biofilms in Chronic Tonsillitis and Adenoidal-tonsillar Hyperplasia
   Kaitlyn E. DeMeo and James Christopher Post
5. Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis: a Model for Gene Discovery of Uncommon Diseases
   Farrel J. Buchinsky and J. Christopher Post
6. Critical Airway Response Team “CART”: Airway Emergencies in a Tertiary Care Pediatric Hospital
   Tulio A Valdez and Nicole Murray
7. Pediatric Salivary Gland Disease
   Conor Devine

Nose and Sinus

1. Update on the Treatment of Allergic Rhinitis
   Fuad Baroody and Tania Sih
2. Pediatric Epistaxis
   Ronen Nazarian, Roy R. Casiano and Ramzi Younis
3. Sublingual Immunotherapy with Monomeric Allergoid Tablets in Children and Adolescents Suffering from Cat Allergy. An Observational Study
   Tuyet Nhung Nguyen, Kija Shah-Hosseini, Gregor Zadoyan and Ralph Mösges
4. Clinical Evidence and Rationale for Specific Immunotherapy in Allergic Rhinitis
   Tuyet Nhung Nguyen and Ralph Mösges
5. Diagnosing Chronic Rhinosinusitis in Children by Clinical Symptoms Reduces the Need of Diagnostic Tests
   Gualtiero Leo, Cristoforo Incorvaia, Alessandro
   Cazzavillan and Dario Consonni

Ear

1. Cerumen in Children:A Neglected but Fundamental Problem
   Paola Marchisio, Carlotta Pipolo, Dario Consonni, Alberto Saibene, Giovanni Felisati, Susanna Esposito and Nicola Principi
2. Cholesteatomas in Children: Update
   Tal Marom and Sharon Ovnat Tamir
3. Management of Congenital Aural Atresia
   Robert F. Yellon and Françoise Denoyelle
4. Post-operative Infection in Myringoplasty: Reviewing the Evidence
   Sarah L Prunty and Harvey L Coates
5. Incidence of Otitis Media in a Contemporary Danish National Birth Cohort
   Tanja Todberg, Anders Koch, Mikael Andersson, Sjurdur F. Olsen, Jørgen Lous and Preben Homøe
6. Otologic Issues in Children with Cleft Palate
   William J. Parkes and Blake C. Papsin

Hearing and Communication Disorders in the XXI Century

1. Middle Ear Disease and Hearing Loss Among Urban Children and Orphans in Bauru, Brazil. A Study of Prevalence and Practical Screening Priorities
   Inga Bastos, Åke Reimer and Lars Andréasson
2. Usher Syndrome
   Anita Jeyakumar and Jennifer Lentz