Tracheotomy: Airway Management, Communication and Swallowing, 2nd ed. Edited by Eugene N. Myers and Jonas T. Johnson

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Tracheotomy: Airway Management, Communication and Swallowing, 2nd ed. is a multi-authored textbook edited by Eugene N. Myers and Jonas T. Johnson. The contributors to the textbook represent the fields of anesthesiology, general surgery, internal medicine, laryngology, otolaryngology, oncologic nursing, and speech-language pathology. Several of the contributors are new with this edition. Like the first edition, the second edition is divided into three sections. The first section is “Airway Management.” The chapter on tracheostomy in the intensive care unit is included here rather than in the “Rehabilitation” section as it was in the first edition. In the second section, “Special Considerations,” tracheostomy in those with burns and obstructive sleep apnea are discussed. Tracheostomy in those with obesity and HIV are deleted from the second edition. In the third section, “Rehabilitation,” nursing management, long-term care, communication options, and swallowing are covered as they were in the earlier edition. …