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Understanding Risks in the Care of People With Dementia in Acute Hospital Settings: Definitions, Types and Management Strategies—A Scoping Review

open access: yesJournal of Clinical Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aims This scoping review explores how risk is defined, managed and mitigated in the care of people with dementia in acute hospital settings. Methods This scoping review followed Arksesy and O'Malley's five‐stage framework (2005) and was guided by the Joanna Briggs Institute methodology.
Ashitha Bhaskaran   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Frailty as a predictor of postoperative aspiration pneumonia after abdominal surgery for digestive cancers. [PDF]

open access: yesMedicine (Baltimore)
Yamada S   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Implementing Dysphagia and Cognitive‐Communication Disorder Care: Frontline Perspectives From Nurses in Skilled Nursing and Long‐Term Care

open access: yesJournal of Clinical Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aims and Objectives To examine how registered nurses (RNs) and licensed practical nurses (LPNs) working in skilled nursing and long‐term care settings experience dysphagia and cognitive‐communication disorder (CCD) care, with attention to barriers, facilitators and frontline adaptive strategies.
Sundeep Venkatesan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of Lingual Tactile Sensitivity Using a Pneumatic Multi‐Point Stimulation Device

open access: yesJournal of Oral Rehabilitation, EarlyView.
A pneumatic multi‐point stimulation system was developed to quantify lingual sensory function by simulating the movement and elasticity of food within the oral cavity. The system revealed significant age‐related declines in tactile sensitivity for both detection of stimulus point movement during passive touch and discrimination of stimulus point ...
Haruto Kadowaki   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Salivary Viscosity as a Non‐Invasive Candidate Biomarker Associated With Aspiration Risk in Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy

open access: yesJournal of Oral Rehabilitation, EarlyView.
Patients with oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy exhibit disease‐specific salivary hyperviscosity that tracks with dysphagia severity and airway invasion. Non‐invasive chairside screening of salivary viscosity may enable clinicians to stratify aspiration risk during routine care to prevent severe pulmonary complications.
Alex Zvulunov   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Influence of nanohydroxyapatite mouthwash on the growth of Candida albicans biofilm on milled denture surfaces: An in vitro study

open access: yesJournal of Prosthodontics, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose There is a need for effective solutions for the persistent prevalence of denture stomatitis (DS) in denture‐wearing populations. This study assessed the impact of nanohydroxyapatite (nanoHAP) nanoparticles on Candida albicans biofilm formation on milled polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) denture bases.
Cynthia U. Udeh   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Growth, Feeding and Nutrition in Rett Syndrome: Retrospective Audit of Twenty Years' Experience From an Australian Multidisciplinary Management Clinic

open access: yesJournal of Paediatrics and Child Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim This study reviewed the nutritional status, feeding skills, safety, and management of patients with Rett syndrome during childhood and adolescence. Method Retrospective chart review of 103 females with classical Rett syndrome, aged ≤ 18 years, attending a Rett syndrome Multidisciplinary Management clinic in a tertiary hospital from 2000 to
Susan Thompson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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