1.
What is the differential diagnosis of a child with aspiration?
2.
Discuss how you would evaluate infants and young children for dysphagia.
3.
What are the different anatomic sites that can contribute to dysphagia?
4.
What are the different vascular anomalies and which ones causes laryngeal vs. esophageal issues?
5.
What is VATER/VACTERL association? Discuss the swallowing issues in patients with VATER/VACTERL association.
6.
What is the typical presentation of children with GERD? How should you treat it?
7.
Discuss the different types of tracheoesophageal fistulas. How do you treat a H-type tracheoesophageal fistula?
8.
What are some treatment options for control of sialorrhea?
9.
What is the differential diagnosis for a cough in a child? Do the characteristics of the cough suggest different etiologies?
10.
Discuss treatment options for a cough if the diagnosis is not obvious.
11.
What is ankyloglossia and when should you treat it?
12.
What is the role of tracheostomy in infants with aspiration?
13.
Discuss the different types of laryngeal clefts. When is treatment necessary?
14.
What are the different treatment options of laryngeal clefts? When is open repair necessary?
Reference(s):
Leishman, C., Monnier, P., & Jaquet, Y. (2014). Endoscopic repair of laryngotracheoesophageal clefts: experience in 17 cases. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 78(2), 227–231.
15.
Discuss swallowing function after laryngeal cleft repair.
Reference(s):
Osborn, A. J., de Alarcon, A., Tabangin, M. E., Miller, C. K., Cotton, R. T., & Rutter, M. J. (2014). Swallowing function after laryngeal cleft repair: more than just fixing the cleft. The Laryngoscope, 124(8), 1965–1969.