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Clinical swallowing assessment in the diagnosis of silent aspiration
Revista CEFAC, 2020 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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International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology, 2017 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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, 2017 Deglutition syncope, also known as swallow syncope, is a neurally mediated reflex syndrome. The common intervention of the heart, esophagus, and stomach by the vagus nerve is central to its pathogenesis, whereby swallowing causes inhibition of the ...
Shah, Jainil +5 more
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International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology, 2015 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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The Assessment of Oropharyngeal Dysphagia in Adults
Philippine Journal of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, 2009 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
International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology, 2016 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]
RGO: Revista Gaúcha de OdontologiaObjective: 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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, 2012 Deglutition is a reflex process of muscular contractions aiming to forward food, saliva or other substances from the oral cavity to stomach. Although deglutition can be caused consciously, in most instances it is caused subconsciously.
Anastasios K. Markopoulos
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Deglutition Syncope: Two Case Reports Attributed to Vagal Hyperactivity [PDF]
, 2017 Deglutition syncope is a relatively rare cause of syncope that belongs to the category of neurally mediated reflex syncopal syndromes. The phenomenon is related to vagal reflex in context to deglutition causing atrioventricular block and acute reduction ...
Zaidi, Syed Imran +15 more
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, 2015 Aim: A retrospective study was performed to evaluate the functional disorders of deglutition with videofluoroscopy (VFS), in children operated for esophageal atresia (EA) and/or tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF)
SOYER, TUTKU +4 more
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