Dysphagia is defined as an impairment of this complex and integrated sensorimotor system. It is estimated that 400,000 to 800,000 individuals worldwide develop neurogenic dysphagia per year. Neurogenic dysphagia is typically occurring in patients with neurological disease of different etiologies. A ...
Dysphagia is defined as the disordered movement of the bolus from mouth to stomach due to abnormalities in the structures critical to swallowing or in their movements. It comes from the Greek prefix dys meaning ‘difficulty’ or ‘disordered’ and phagia meaning ‘to eat.’ The field that studi...
Dysphagia is defined as difficulty in swallowing. It is usually associated either with pharyngeal or oesophagial disease.The Dysphagia lusoria refers to an extraordinary disposition of the subclavian artery (lusorian artery) as a cause of oesophageal obstruction. Although most individuals are asymptomatic...
It is defined as difficulty in swallowing, the inability to swallow, or a condition in which swallowing is difficult or painful. There are 4 phases of swallowing: Oral Preparatory Phase - food is chewed and manipulated in the mouth Oral Phase - the tongue moves to push food toward the bac...
Dysphagia, defined as difficulty or discomfort with feeding or swallowing, affects the health and quality of life of millions of people, particularly the elderly. An estimated 15 million people in the United States alone suffer from dysphagia,1 which is common in individuals impacted by stroke, ...
Dysphagia is one of the most common changes in the elderly and is defined as a disorder of the swallowing's mechanism. This disorder present as a major risk malnutrition and dehydration, due to the impediment of a safe and adequate oral feeding. Thus, the intervention of the nutritionist is...
Study Design: Retrospective study of medical records and self-reported follow-up survey; dysphagia is defined as difficulty in swallowing. Materials: Twenty-two patients with biopsy-proven IBM. Results: The rate of dysphagia was more than 80% (16 of 19), twice as high as previously reported....
Oropharyngeal dysphagia (OD) is defined as difficulty in moving a food bolus from the mouth to the upper esophagus and disproportionately affects the older population. There are a multitude of potential etiologies of OD, and current diagnostic testing modalities utilized to decipher the cause of OD...
As typically defined, dysphagia is a condition in which disruption of the swallowing process interferes with a patient’s ability to eat. It can result in aspiration pneumonia, malnutrition, dehydration, weight loss, and airway obstruction. The goals of dysphagia treatment are to maintain adequate ...
Likewise, it is an important element of healthy life and contributes to quality of life and well-being. When the ability to swallow is lost or impaired, the r... TAT Hughes,H Ackermann 被引量: 0发表: 0年 Chapter 25: Idiopathic anaphylaxis. Idiopathic anaphylaxis (IA) is defined as ...