Pediatric palliative care (PPC) focuses on children and adolescents with life-limiting
diseases. It may be initiated at various points of the disease trajectory, if possible early …

Purpose Traditionally, etiology of dysphagia is thought to be related to multiple medical
diagnoses including stroke, head and neck cancer, degenerative neurological conditions …

Background: Pediatric palliative care is a distinct specialty that requires input from pediatric
and palliative medicine specialists to provide comprehensive high-quality care …

Background The last three decades have seen a growth in the number of children requiring
long-term ventilation. Children with long-term ventilation present with underlying respiratory …

Background Communication disorders are a challenge that many patients in palliative care
(PC) may encounter. This intervention area is emerging for the speech-language therapist …

Background. Speech therapy is important in palliative care and endof-life care of the
geriatric population. Comfort feeding is an option for such patients, but there is no guideline …

A recent prevalence study revealed that laryngeal pathologies, including subglottic stenosis,
laryngomalacia, vocal cord paralysis, and papillomatosis, are common in children. Children …

Over the past decade, speech-language pathologists (SLPs) have increased their
involvement in the assessment and management of infants and children with complex …

Purpose: Children with speech and language delay/disorder (SLD) in the developing
language stage (DLS) are one of the largest populations served by speech-language …