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Increasing Social Vulnerability Impacts Presentation and Decreases Treatment Response in Eosinophilic Esophagitis

Gastro Hep Advances
Background and Aims: Social vulnerability describes relative disadvantage according to demographics, socioeconomic status, and resources. The impact of social vulnerability on eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) remains unknown.
Angelica R. Mirzoca, Stefani Aleman, Alexandra A. Weir, Sean S. LaFata, Timothy S. Gee, Arjun K. Juneja, Hannah L. Thel, Brenderia A. Cameron, Justin McCallen, Christopher J. Lee, Gustaf N. Hendrick, Jose C. Bermudez, Daniel Song, Walker D. Redd, Trevor S. Barlowe, Cary C. Cotton, Craig C. Reed, Evan S. Dellon   +17 more
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Current Trends in the Management of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

Gut and Liver, 2018
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) characterized by heartburn and/or regurgitation symptoms is one of the most common gastrointestinal disorders managed by gastroenterologists and primary care physicians. There has been an increase in GERD prevalence,
Dalbir S. Sandhu, Ronnie Fass
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Speech Telepractice: Installing a Speech Therapy Upgrade for the 21st Century

International Journal of Telerehabilitation, 2012
Much of speech therapy involves the clinician guiding the therapeutic process (e.g., presenting stimuli and eliciting client responses); however, this Brief Communication describes a different approach to speech therapy delivery.
Michael P. Towey
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New image analysis of large food particles can discriminate experimentally suppressed mastication [PDF]

, 2012
Objective parameters that could provide a basis for food texture selection for elderly or dysphagic patients have not been established. We, therefore, aimed to develop a precise method of measuring large particles (>2 mm in diameter) in a bolus and an ...
Feine, Goiato, Kamiyama, Kawashima, Laine, Lassauzay, Laurell, Manly, Mishellany, Mowlana, Otomaru, Peyron, Prinz, Ringel, Rothenberg, Schimmel, Slagter, Tsukada, van der Bilt, van der Bilt, Watanabe   +20 more
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Respiratory muscle strength training in the myositis population

Journal of Rare Diseases
Purpose Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM), including inclusion body myositis (IBM), dermatomyositis (DM), and polymyositis (PM), are rare autoimmune disorders often associated with dysphagia and respiratory dysfunction. Respiratory muscle strength
Meaghan Arnold, MacKenzie Bradley, Kelly Salmon   +2 more
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Weight Gain Is Associated With Decreased Treatment Response to Dietary Therapy in Adults With Eosinophilic Esophagitis

Gastro Hep Advances
Background and Aims: Dietary therapy is a first-line treatment for eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE). We aimed to determine whether dietary therapy treatment outcomes vary by baseline weight status or change in body weight during treatment. Methods: In this
Stephanie A. Borinsky, Sean S. LaFata, Timothy S. Gee, Hannah L. Thel, Brenderia A. Cameron, Angela Z. Xue, Akshatha Kiran, Adolfo A. Ocampo, Justin McCallen, Christopher J. Lee, Walker D. Redd, Trevor S. Barlowe, Rayan N. Kaakati, Cary C. Cotton, Swathi Eluri, Craig C. Reed, Evan S. Dellon   +16 more
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Dysphagia in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: impact on patient behavior, diet adaptation, and riluzole management [PDF]

, 2017
This retrospective study aimed to investigate the clinical features associated with deteriorated swallow in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients with spinal and bulbar onset, describe the modification of diet and liquid intake, and assess the ...
CAMBIERI, CHIARA, CECCANTI, MARCO, FRASCA, VITTORIO, Gori, Mc, INGHILLERI, Maurizio, ONESTI, EMANUELA, RUOPPOLO, Giovanni, SCHETTINO, ILENIA   +7 more
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A Study of Brain Networks Associated with Swallowing Using Graph-Theoretical Approaches [PDF]

, 2013
Functional connectivity between brain regions during swallowing tasks is still not well understood. Understanding these complex interactions is of great interest from both a scientific and a clinical perspective.
AL Barabasi, Bo Luan, CJ Honey, DH Zald, DJ Watts, DS Bassett, E Bullmore, E Mbonda, E Ravasz, E Sejdić, Ervin Sejdić, G Gong, HB Mann, J Whittaker, K Supekar, K Supekar, KJ Friston, KM Mosier, L Wang, LL Zeng, M Kaiser, M Rubinov, MEJ Newman, MK Kern, N Tzourio-Mazoyer, O Sporns, O Sporns, P Sörös, P Sörös, Peter Sörös, R Dziewas, R Salvador, RE Martin, RE Martin, RE Martin, S Achard, S Achard, S Boccaletti, S Hamdy, SH Strogatz, SY Lowell, V Latora, W Liao, Y Li, Y Liu, Yong He   +45 more
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Techniques of restoring swallowing mechanisms in the treatment of patients with head and neck cancer: postoperative pain relief, plastic surgery and diet

Russian Open Medical Journal, 2020
Objective — to review available publications and identify unresolved issues in assessing the functional state of the oral cavity and pharynx, along with swallowing disorders in oncopathology of head and neck, depending on the treatment method.
Anna А. Kushta, Sergey М. Shuvalov
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Ultrasound examination of swallowing disorder characteristics in patients with oncopathology of the oral cavity

Zaporožskij Medicinskij Žurnal, 2021
The aim of the study was to compare the dynamics of oral and oropharyngeal muscles contraction during swallowing in normal individuals and in patients with malignant tumors depending on the clinical disease using ultrasound. Materials and methods. The
A. O. Kushta
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