Management of drooling in children

Management of drooling in children.

Drooling beyond the age of 4 years is neurodevelopmentally abnormal. Chronic "sialorrhoea" is seen in children with abnormal oral sensation and/or motor control and more infrequently when there is excessive production of saliva. Salivary production from the paired glands is under autonomic parasympathetic control. Management of the problem relies on multidisciplinary teams with a focus on asses...

Surgical management of drooling: a meta-analysis.

OBJECTIVE To review and assess the current published literature regarding the efficacy of surgical management of sialorrhea in pediatric patients. DATA SOURCES The MEDLINE database was systematically reviewed for articles reporting on the use of surgical procedures to treat sialorrhea published from January 1, 1963, to November 30, 2008. STUDY SELECTION Inclusion criteria included presence ...

The Drooling Impact Scale: a measure of the impact of drooling in children with developmental disabilities.

AIM To describe the development and clinimetric properties of a new scale to evaluate changes in the impact of drooling in children with developmental disabilities. METHOD After examining the properties of potential items, 10 items were retained for inclusion in the final Drooling Impact Scale. The clinimetric properties of the scale were evaluated using data from two convenience samples of c...

norms and ideology in translation of children literature in persian context

اهداف عمده ی این مطالعه دو دسته هستند:1) تعیین هنجار های اجتماعی فرهنگی مورد استفاده در ترجمه ی کتاب کودک برای کودکان ایرانی 2) بررسی مفهوم کودک در ایران و ائدئولوژی این جامعه در رابطه با کودک که مترجم را مجبور به بازسازی کتابهای داستان برای کودکان ایرانی میکند. به این منظور, ابتدا ,مجموعه ای از 30 کتاب داستان و ترجمه های فارسی انها بر اساس مدلlambert and van gorp(2006)مقایسه شد و سپس استراتژیه...

Surgical management of a drooling child