Pediatric Airway Diseases

This book offers a comprehensive overview of airway diseases in children and their treatment by combining the expertise of ENT and Pediatric Pulmonology. Organized into six sections, it opens with general concepts of the upper respiratory tract for pediatric pulmonology before covering diagnostic testing. The third section explores the symptoms and signs related to upper and lower respiratory tract diseases. Section 4 focuses on Pediatric Pulmonology Disease-Specific Upper Respiratory Tract Involvement, whereas Section 5 is devoted to infectious diseases of the pediatric airway. Section 6 reviews surgical interventions for upper airway management. Each chapter provides full coverage of the topic at hand and includes fundamental information as well as updated insights. The international authorship ensures a wide range of perspectives and expertise.

With its in-depth coverage and expert contributors, this book will broaden the understanding of pediatric airway diseases and meet the needs of ENT and pediatrics trainees and students, as well as ENT practitioners, pediatricians, and pulmonologists.

Hasan Yüksel, MD, is a Professor at Celal Bayar University, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatric Pulmonology and Department of Allergy and Immunology in Türkiye. He graduated from the School of Medicine at Ege University in 1990 and completed his Pediatrics Residency Program at the same university in İzmir, becoming a Specialist in Pediatrics in 1996. He then entered the Pediatric Pulmonology and Allergy Residency Program at the same faculty, becoming a Specialist in Pediatric Pulmonology and Allergy in 1999. He was appointed as an Associate Professor in 2000 and as a Professor in 2009. He currently serves as the Chief of the Department of Pediatric Pulmonology and Allergy.

Ozge Yilmaz, MD, ATSF, is currently the Chief of the Department of Pediatrics at Celal Bayar University School of Medicine, in Manisa, Türkiye. She graduated from Hacettepe University School of Medicine and completed pediatric residency and pediatric allergy and immunology fellowship in Celal Bayar University School of Medicine. She became an Associate Professor in 2013 and a Professor of Pediatrics in 2018. She has been elected as the chair of the Department of Pediatrics in Celal Bayar University since 2020. Her research is focused on pediatric wheezing and asthma epidemiology.

Nuray Bayar Muluk, MD, has been a Professor at the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at Kirikkale University Faculty of Medicine in Kırıkkale, Turkey, since 2008. She graduated from Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine in 1990 and completed her ENT residency at the same University in 1994. Her interests include basic research, cancer, neuroscience, rhinology, and allergy. Her publication record includes 345 international and 78 national papers. Additionally, she is an author or co-editor of 11 international books, 6 national books, and 2 translated books. Furthermore, she serves as one of the guest editors of supplements in a SCI-Expanded Journal 4 times. Dr. Bayar Muluk has contributed significantly to various book chapters, authoring 106 international chapters, 49 national book chapters, and 11 translated book chapters. She has more than 2790 citations in Web of Science-indexed journals. Recognizing her expertise and accomplishments, she holds several key positions at Kırıkkale University. Dr. Bayar Muluk has been appointed as Advisor to the Rector, and she is responsible for Research and Development. Moreover, she is a Vice President and Board Member of Kırıkkale University's Cancer Research and Application Center. Additionally, she serves as a Member of the Quality Committee at Kirikkale University.

Charles M. Myer, III, is a Professor of Otolaryngology at the University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center and was the director of the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Residency Program from 2004-2018. He was awarded the 2010 Gabriel F. Tucker Award, given by the American Laryngological Association, which recognizes a laryngologist who has made significant contributions to the field of pediatric laryngology. In addition to having been chairman of the Patient of the Month Program for the American Academy of Otolaryngology, he has served as president of the Society for Ear, Nose, and Throat Advances in Children (SENTAC), the American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology (ASPO), and has been chairman of the Section on Otolaryngology and Bronchoesophagology of the American Academy of Pediatrics. He is a Fellow of the American Laryngological, Rhinological, and Otological Society (the Triological Society), the ABEA, ASPO, and the ALA. Dr. Myer’s clinical expertise has earned him recognition in Best Doctors in America and American Health Magazine. He has been an author/editor of multiple textbooks, and his papers have appeared in numerous professional journals. He also lectures regularly on a local, national, and international basis.