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Introduction The literature presents studies correlating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease to dysphagia and suggesting that the aspiration laryngeal phenomenon related to changes in the pharyngeal phase contributes significantly to the exacerbation ...
Eduardo Steidl+5 more
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Introduction The Ohkuma questionnaire is a validated screening tool originally used to detect dysphagia among patients hospitalized in Japanese nursing facilities.
Soultana L. Papadopoulou+5 more
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Clinical swallowing assessment in the diagnosis of silent aspiration
Purpose: to identify, in the clinical assessment of swallowing, signs indicating silent aspiration in ischemic stroke patients. Methods: forty-six patients were assessed, 17 days being the mean time elapsed from the stroke to the swallowing assessment ...
Mariana Zerbetto Fabricio+3 more
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The Assessment of Oropharyngeal Dysphagia in Adults
One of the more important and critical referrals that otolaryngologists can receive from colleagues in internal medicine, family medicine and geriatrics is the assessment of swallowing problems or dysphagia of their patients. The term “dysphagia”
Frederick Y. Hawson
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Effectiveness of Chin-tuck Maneuver to Facilitate Swallowing in Neurologic Dysphagia
Introduction The chin-tuck maneuver is the most frequently employed postural maneuver in the treatment of neurogenic oropharyngeal dysphagia caused by encephalic vascular strokes and degenerative diseases. Objective The purpose of this study
Mariana Saconato+3 more
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Oral and pharyngeal phases of swallowing in removable complete denture wearers [PDF]
Objective: To compare swallowing and bolus transit time through the oral cavity and pharynx between well-fitted complete denture wearers and toothed individuals.
Marina Rodrigues Montaldi+5 more
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Purpose: to describe the deglutition disorders in infants with risk for the neuropsychomotor development. Methods: it was carried of the singled operative, observational and cross-sectional temporal reference.
Mariza Muniz de Menezes+2 more
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RESUMO Objetivo O objetivo deste estudo foi verificar a associação entre os resultados das escalas de funcionalidade e severidade da disfagia determinadas a partir de exames de videofluoroscopia em pacientes pós-AVC.
Karen de Oliveira dos Passos+2 more
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Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis: A Rare Cause of Dysphagia
Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) is a disease characterized by massive, non-inflammatory ossification with intensive formation of osteophytes affecting ligaments, tendons, and fascia of the anterior part of the spinal column, mostly in the
Anuar Khairullah+2 more
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Dysphagia is a strong predictor of death and functional dependence at three months post-stroke
Background: Few Brazilian studies investigated risk factors for dysphagia and associated complications in a large cohort. Objective: To investigate frequency, predictors, and associated outcomes of dysphagia in patients up to three months post-stroke.
Aline Cristina PACHECO-CASTILHO+12 more
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