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Evaluating predictive factors for toxicities experienced by head & neck cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy

open access: yesJournal of Translational Medicine, 2021
Purpose The purpose of this study was to evaluate if HPV status serves as an independent predictor of early and late dysphagia outcomes when considered alongside standard patient characteristics and dose metrics for head and neck cancer patients treated ...
Xenia Ray   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Analysis of the Level of Dysphagia, Anxiety, and Nutritional Status Before and After Speech Therapy in Patients with Stroke [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Introduction:The rehabilitation in oropharyngeal dysphagia evidence-based implies the relationship between the interventions and their results. Objective:Analyze level of dysphagia, oral ingestion, anxiety levels and nutritional status of patients with ...
Drozdz, Daniela   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Implementing oral care to reduce aspiration pneumonia amongst patients with dysphagia in a South African setting

open access: yesSouth African Journal of Communication Disorders, 2016
Oral care is a crucial routine for patients with dysphagia that, when completed routinely, can prevent the development of aspiration pneumonia. There is no standardised protocol for oral care within government hospitals in South Africa.
Jaishika Seedat, Claire Penn
doaj   +1 more source

Pediatric Feeding Disorder: Consensus Definition and Conceptual Framework [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Pediatric feeding disorders (PFDs) lack a universally accepted definition. Feeding disorders require comprehensive assessment and treatment of 4 closely related, complementary domains (medical, psychosocial, and feeding skill-based systems and associated
Browne, Joe   +14 more
core   +1 more source

Oral burning with dysphagia and weight loss [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Fibromyalgia is a disorder characterized by an abnormal pain regulation. Widespread pain, fatigue, and sleep disturbance are the prevalent symptoms.
CALO', LORENZO   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Infantile‐Onset Ascending Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia due to a Homozygous ALS2 Exons 24–25 Deletion: Expanding the Genotypic Spectrum

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We describe a novel homozygous intragenic deletion in the ALS2 gene in an 8‐year‐old boy with Infantile‐onset Ascending Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia (IAHSP) and oculomotor apraxia, thereby contributing to the expanding genetic landscape of ALS2‐related disorders.
Vito Luigi Colona   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Eighty-year-old man with 10 years dysphagia

open access: yesJournal of Digestive Endoscopy, 2015
Dysphagia is a sensation of food being "stuck" up in its passage from the mouth to stomach. It is of two main types, oropharyngeal dysphagia, and esophageal dysphagia.
Showkat A. Kadla   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Shedding Light on Dysphagia Associated With COVID-19: The What and Why

open access: yesOTO Open, 2020
The most common symptom of COVID-19 in critically ill patients is ARDS (acute respiratory distress syndrome), with many patients requiring invasive or noninvasive respiratory support in the intensive care unit.
Ranjini Mohan PhD, CCC-SLP   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

SWALLOWING DISORDERS IN CLINICAL PRACTICE: FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY, ASSESSMENT AND REHABILITATION STRATEGIES [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Swallowing is a complex process consisting in transporting food from mouth to the stomach; it involves voluntary and reflex activity of more than 30 nerves and muscles, requiring complex neuromuscular coordination and brainstem and cortical centers for ...
DOGARU Gabriela, STANESCU Ioana
core   +1 more source

Respiratory Involvement in HIST1H1E‐Related Rahman Syndrome: A Case of Severe Mixed Apnea

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rahman syndrome (HIST1H1E‐related neurodevelopmental syndrome, OMIM #617537) is a rare autosomal‐dominant condition caused by truncating variants in the C‐terminal domain of the HIST1H1E gene. It is characterized by macrocephaly, hypotonia, craniofacial anomalies, and multisystem anomalies.
Nada Barakat   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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