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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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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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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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Approach of Dysphagia

The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology, 2021
Dysphagia has been reported to be relatively common and seems to be increased in Korea. Dysphagia can be classified as oropharyngeal dysphagia or esophageal dysphagia. In patients with swallowing difficulties, it is important to determine whether the dysphagia is oropharyngeal or esophageal.
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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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Best Practice Recommendations for Stroke Patients with Dysphagia: A Delphi-Based Consensus Study of Experts in Turkey-Part II: Rehabilitation.

, 2021
Dysphagia is one of the most common and important complications of stroke. It is an independent marker of poor outcome after acute stroke and may become chronic after the acute period and continues to affect all aspects of the patient's life.
Bahat, Gulistan, KIYLIOĞLU, NEFATİ, Alemdaroglu, Ebru, Sen, Ekin Ilke, Umay, Ebru, Sari, Aylin, Gurcay, Eda, Yuksel, Arif, Gezer, Ilknur Albayrak, Sezgin, Baha, Yalıman, Ayşe, Karahan, Ali Yavuz, Inanir, Murat, Selcuk, Barin, Ozcete, Zeynep Alev, Alicura, Sibel, Keskin, Dilek, Tikiz, Canan, Karaahmet, Fatih, Oztekin, Mehmet Fevzi, Karaahmet, Ozgur, Vural, Meltem, Mercimekci, Serdar, Yaliman, Ayse, Bilgilisoy, Meral, Demirhan, Aylin, Unlu, Zeliha, Calik, Yalkin, Keles, Betul Yavuz, Sahin, Sevnaz, Eyigor, Sibel, Bengisu, Serkan, Giray, Esra, Secil, Yaprak, Calik, Yalkın, Saylam, Guleser, Akaltun, Mazlum Serdar, Kıylioglu, Nefati, Aydeniz, Banu, Ertekin, Cumhur, Gokler, Tanu Yalcin   +40 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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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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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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