Books by Kenneth W. (Mount Sinai School of Medicine) Altman

Highlighting the advances made in managing cough, this title presents issues 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.

Emphasizes procedure-oriented evaluation and management. This book discusses the importance of this subject in terms of medical and surgical risk. It provides a set of recommendations to standardize the approach to these complicated patients. It also describes aspects of dysphagia concisely, with prominent use of Tables and Figures.