Global cleft care in low-resource settings

Global cleft care in low-resource settings / Jordan W. Swanson, editor ; David W. Low, illustrator.

Cleft lip and palate represents the most common congenital facial anomaly. Congenital anomalies are one of the top 10 causes of disability and suffering in many low and middle income countries (LMICs.) Further, an estimated 30% of the global burden of disease is treated primarily through surgery, an...

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Other Authors: Swanson, Jordan W. (Editor), Low, David W. (Illustrator)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer, [2021]
Subjects:
Cleft lip > Surgery.
Cleft palate > Surgery.
Poor children > Medical care.
Children.
children (people by age group)
Children
Cleft lip > Surgery
Cleft palate > Surgery
Poor children > Medical care
Fissura labial.
Cirurgia maxil·lofacial.
Persones desfavorides.
Electronic books.
Llibres electrònics.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Foreword
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • Case Studies in Cleft Surgery
  • About the Editors
  • Editor
  • Illustrator
  • Section Editors
  • Contributors
  • Part I: Introduction to Global Cleft Care
  • 1: Introduction: A Paradigm Shift in Global Cleft Care
  • Five Forces Shaping Global Cleft Care
  • Surgery as Public Health
  • Locally Delivered Cleft Care
  • Focus on Achieving Great Patient Outcomes
  • Innovation Borne of Low-Resource Settings
  • The Conundrum of Evidence-Based Medicine
  • References
  • 2: Burden of Cleft Disease and Opportunity for Impact
  • Introduction
  • Defining Cleft Conditions
  • The Burden of Cleft Disease
  • Epidemiology
  • Outcomes for Cleft Patients
  • Economics of Cleft Care
  • Approaches to Cleft Care
  • Defining Adequate Cleft Care
  • Methods of Reaching Untreated or Undertreated Patients
  • The Potential Impact of Cleft Care
  • References
  • 3: Patient Barriers to Care
  • Introduction
  • Availability of Care (Supply)
  • Workforce
  • Infrastructure
  • Affordability and Acceptability of Surgical Care (Demand)
  • Affordability
  • Acceptability
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • 4: Innovations in Reaching Patients
  • Introduction
  • Design Thinking
  • Examples from the Field
  • Cleft Lip and Palate
  • Patient Accompaniment: Partners in Health and Operation Smile Honduras
  • Problem Statement
  • Program Overview
  • Why It Works
  • Enhancing the Patient Experience: Operation Smile, Madagascar
  • Problem Statement
  • Program Overview
  • Why It Works
  • Primary Care
  • Nuka System of Care: Southcentral Foundation, Alaska, United States
  • Problem Statement
  • Program Overview
  • Why It Works
  • Community Health Workers: Last Mile Health, Liberia
  • Problem Statement
  • Program Overview
  • Why it Works
  • Infectious Disease
  • Community-Based Surveillance System: CORE Group Polio Project, South Sudan
  • Problem Statement
  • Program Overview
  • Why It Works
  • Conclusion & Key Takeaways
  • References
  • Part II: Patient and Cleft Assessment
  • 5: Patterns, Anatomy, and Classification of Clefts
  • Introduction
  • Epidemiology
  • Patterns of Cleft Lip and Palate
  • Syndromic Clefts
  • Racial and Ethnic Epidemiologic Variations
  • Embryology
  • The Gene-Environment Interplay
  • Facial Development
  • Clefts as Failure of Fusion Events
  • Cleft-Related Anatomy
  • Nose: Tip, Alae, Columella, Nasal Sill, Paranasal Muscles
  • Palate
  • Classification
  • Severity Classification
  • Patterns
  • Unilateral Cleft Lip and Palate (UCLPA): Main Features
  • Bilateral Cleft Lip and Palate (BCLPA): Main Features
  • Cleft Palate: Main Features
  • References
  • 6: Early Nutrition, Feeding and Management of Infants with an Oral Cleft
  • Introduction
  • Feeding Guidance for Patients with Cleft Lip/Palate
  • Normal Feeding
  • Feeding Duration and Amounts
  • Initial Feeding Assessment
  • Specific Feeding Problems of Infants with CL+/− P
  • Cleft Lip

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