Essentials of Otolaryngology

Summary:
Thoroughly revised and updated for its Fifth Edition, this handy
pocket manual presents step-by-step guidelines on patient
workup, differential diagnosis, and therapy for more than 40
symptoms occurring in the head and neck region. The authors
outline current treatment recommendations and offer primary care
physicians advice on indications for referral. Also included are
chapters on anatomy and physiology, history taking, physical
examination, occupational medicine, radiation therapy,
chemotherapy, and paediatric, adolescent, and geriatric
otolaryngology, as well as an introduction to outcome analysis
and office-based clinical research. This edition features
several new chapters, including pain management and use of
lasers in otolaryngology.