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What Hospital Staff Need to Know About You As a Laryngectomy Patient (Especially if Contemplating Surgery)

Robert W. Bastian, M.D. — Published August 8, 2023 Introduction Anesthesiologists, respiratory therapists, and nurses may know the following information if you are in a large hospital. If you are in a small hospital, day surgery center, walk-in urgent care

Dramatic lateral dilation of the upper esophagus is a symptom of R-CPD

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Can’t Burp? Here Are the Symptoms of R-CPD

Robert W. Bastian, M.D. — Published: December 18, 2020 There is a group of people whose inability to burp causes severe daily distress. They are left without a solution (or even explanation) in spite of many doctor visits. Recently a

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R-CPD Esophageal Findings

The details of the following photos may support the R-CPD diagnosis, though they should not be considered diagnostic. Take note that all photos are non-channel scope images; that is, the scope is not able to insufflate (blow in) air. The significance: the

Airway disorders

The Gasping Syndrome

Robert W. Bastian, M.D. — Published: September 22, 2020 A few times a year, distressed patients present from their internists or pulmonologists to see if I can explain their shortness of breath. The patient has already undergone numerous tests: e.g.

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Positive and Negative Practice

Positive/negative practice is a behavioral treatment prescribed primarily for patients with nonorganic voice disorders. A patient with a nonorganic voice disorder has been diagnosed with aberrant voice production due to the abnormal use of a normal mechanism, often due to

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Mucosal Chatter

Mucosal chatter is an audible phenomenon of injured vocal cord vibration. It is commonly heard in the softly-sung upper voice of persons with nodules, polyps, etc. Hoarseness or roughness are broad and nonspecific descriptors useful only for severe injuries. Small

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What Hospital Staff Need to Know About You As a Laryngectomy Patient (Especially if Contemplating Surgery)

Can’t Burp? Here Are the Symptoms of R-CPD

R-CPD Esophageal Findings

The Gasping Syndrome

Positive and Negative Practice

Mucosal Chatter

Segmental Vibration

Popping Onset

Phonatory Gap

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