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Living with Dysphagia

Geriatrics, 2022
I am 88 years old—a widower and retired businessman living in West Sussex [...]
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Impact of early dysphagia intervention on swallowing function and quality of life in head and neck cancer patients treated with intensity-modulated radiation therapy or image guided radiation therapy with or without surgery/chemotherapy

Asian Journal of Oncology, 2015
Introduction: Dysphagia is a very common problem associated with head and neck cancer patients. Inspite of best of technologies like Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT) or Image Guided Radiotherapy (IGRT), Dysphagia remains a major problem in locally
Rajender Kumar, Hitesh Gupta, Keshavanand Konwar, Ritesh Sharma, Anil Kumar Anand, Sanjay Sachdeva   +5 more
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Dysphagia in Frail Patients Is Not Frailty Dysphagia [PDF]

Geriatrics, 2018
Society revolves around food, both as a physical necessity and a social nicety; thus, eating and drinking (and, hence, swallowing safely) have become a cornerstone of social life. [...]
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Dysphagia, an unrecognized handicap

, 1991
The aim of this study was to examine whether esophageal dysphagia can be described as a handicap and to grade the severity of handicap as the discrepancy between the subject's own eating goals and his or her eating disability.
Gustafsson, B, Tibbling, L
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Palliative radiotherapy in addition to self-expanding metal stent for improving dysphagia and survival in advanced oesophageal cancer (ROCS: Radiotherapy after Oesophageal Cancer Stenting):study protocol for a randomized controlled trial [PDF]

, 2014
BackgroundThe single most distressing symptom for patients with advanced esophageal cancer is dysphagia. Amongst the more effective treatments for relief of dysphagia is insertion of a self-expanding metal stent (SEMS).
Douglas Adamson, Nixon, Lisette, Tom Crosby, Hurt, Chris, Jane Blazeby, Anthony Byrne, Crosby, Tom, Byrne, Anthony, Mim Evans, David Cohen, Adamson, Douglas, Blazeby, Jane, Gareth Griffiths, Fitzgibbon, Jim, Lisette Nixon, Cohen, David, Chris Hurt, Evans, Mim, Noreen Hopewell Kelly, Griffiths, Gareth, Nelson, Annmarie, Jim Fitzgibbon, Kelly, Noreen Hopewell, Staffurth, John, Hopewell Kelly, Noreen, John Staffurth, et al., Annmarie Nelson   +27 more
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Health‐related quality of life following total minimally invasive, hybrid minimally invasive or open oesophagectomy: a population‐based cohort study

BJS (British Journal of Surgery), EarlyView., 2020
All patients operated for oesophageal cancer in Sweden from 2013 to April 2018 were identified, and 246 patients were recruited to this population‐based nationwide Swedish study. The results show that longitudinal health‐related quality of life after minimally invasive oesophagectomy was similar to that of the open surgical approach.
F. Klevebro, J. H. Kauppila, S. Markar, A. Johar, P. Lagergren   +4 more
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Oral Management by a Full-Time Resident Dentist in the Hospital Ward Reduces the Incidence of Pneumonia in Patients with Acute Stroke

International Journal of Dentistry, 2022
Background. A full-time dentist was assigned to a ward at our hospital to improve the quality of oral healthcare for hospitalized patients. A dental care system (DCS) was created to facilitate the collaboration between the full-time dentist and the ...
Kenichiro Ozaki, Satoshi Teranaka, Haruka Tohara, Shunsuke Minakuchi, Satoru Komatsumoto   +4 more
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Exactitud de un estetosiómetro endoscópico laringofaríngeo (LPEER) para evaluar la mecanosensibilidad laringofaríngea: un estudio de validación en una cohorte de pacientes reclutados prospectivamente

, 2017
11 páginasRecent studies have shown an association between alterations in laryngopharyngeal mechanosensitivity (LPMS) and dysphagia, obstructive sleep apnea, and chronic cough hypersensitivity syndrome.
Castaneda, Natalia, Natalia Castaneda, Arbulú, Mario, Paez, Nelson, Mario Arbulu, Secundino Fernandez, Jorge I. Balaguera, Luis F. Giraldo-Cadavid, Burguete, Javier, Javier Burguete, Rueda, Felipe, Ana M. Galvis, Balaguera, Jorge I., Nelson Paez, Felipe Rueda, Giraldo Cadavid, Luis Fernando, Fernández González, Secundino   +16 more
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Menopausal symptoms are associated with oral sensory complaints in perimenopausal women: an observational study

BMC Women's Health, 2021
Background Perimenopausal women experience a wide variety of systemic symptoms: hot flashes, sweating, mental health concerns and various oral sensory complaints (OSC).
Tomoharu Taga, Kayoko Ito, Kiyoshi Takamatsu, Mariko Ogawa, Saori Funayama, Makoto Inoue   +5 more
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Neuroimaging in patients with dysphagia

, 2017
With increasing availability of computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), patients with dysphagia are nowadays often investigated with these modalities in order to localize a possible site of injury causing dysphagia.
Abul-Kasim, Kasim,, Lund University.
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