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Approaching oropharyngeal dysphagia [PDF]
Dysphagia is a symptom that refers to difficulty or discomfort during the progression of the alimentary bolus from the mouth to the stomach. From an anatomical standpoint dysphagia may result from oropharyngeal or esophageal dysfunction and from other structure-related or functional causes from a pathophysiological viewpoint.
Clavé, P. +3 more
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Experimental Injury Rodent Models for Oropharyngeal Dysphagia
Oropharyngeal dysphagia is a disorder that can make swallowing difficult and reduce the quality of life. Recently, the number of patients with swallowing difficulty has been increasing; however, no comprehensive treatment for such patients has been ...
Ji-Youn Kim
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Detection of poststroke oropharyngeal dysphagia with swallowing screening by ultrasonography.
There are currently no standard evaluation tools for poststroke neurogenic oropharyngeal dysphagia. We previously suggested calculating the relative movements of the hyoid bone and larynx by ultrasonography to evaluate swallowing movement.
Takao Matsuo, Miwa Matsuyama
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Assessment and management of dysphagia in acute stroke: an initial service review of international practice [PDF]
The international approach to the assessment and management of dysphagia in the acute phase post stroke is little studied. A questionnaire was sent to clinicians in stroke services that explored the current practice in dysphagia screening, assessment ...
Fairfield, Carol A., Smithard, David G.
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Optimising medicines administration for patients with dysphagia in hospital:Medical or nursing responsibility? [PDF]
Dysphagia is common—not only associated with stroke, dementia, Parkinson’s but also in many non-neurological medical problems—and is increasingly prevalent in ageing patients, where malnutrition is common and pneumonia is frequently the main cause of ...
Griffith, Richard +2 more
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Choking remains a leading cause of accidental death and morbidity worldwide. Currently, there is no device to assist in the resuscitation of a choking victim when standard maneuvers fail. A novel portable non-powered suction device (LifeVac; LifeVac LLC,
Matthew J. McKinley +2 more
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Prevalence of oropharyngeal dysphagia in hereditary spastic paraplegias [PDF]
Hereditary spastic paraplegias (HSP) are a group of genetic diseases characterized by lower limb spasticity with or without additional neurological features.
Laís Alves Jacinto-Scudeiro +9 more
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Objectives To investigate how oropharyngeal muscle strength training affected the safety and performance of swallowing in patients with poststroke oropharyngeal dysphagia.Design Systematic review and meta-analysis.Data sources Cochrane Central Register ...
Xin Wang +7 more
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Screening for oropharyngeal dysphagia [PDF]
, has insufficient methodologi-cal design in studies about oropharyngeal dysphagia (OD). It is necessary to understand OD as a symptom characterized by the combination of signs and other symptoms that put the people at nutritional, hydric, and pulmonary risk; the screening is addressed to identify individuals who have predictive factors for this ...
Magalhães Junior, Hipólito Virgílio +1 more
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The Swallowing Characteristics of Thickeners, Jellies and Yoghurt Observed Using an In Vitro Model [PDF]
© The Author(s) 2019 Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in ...
Cook, Michael T. +5 more
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