Introduction: Dysphagia occurs in up to two thirds of stroke patients and can lead to serious complications such as aspiration pneumonia, which is also linked to increased morbidity and mortality. Evidence-based guidelines recommend a bedside dysphagia assessment before oral intake in stroke patients ...
While living with dysphagia is difficult, it can be managed with a good care team and proper procedures. Health care professionals working with dysphagia patients should first and foremost educate patients and their caregivers on the need for and benefits of a texture-modified diet and/or thickened...
progressive loss in body fat, and osteoporosis, hence, drug doses based on mg/kg body wt. usually cannot be applied in this group of patients as is done in relatively young adults. Most of the physiological functions, including drug metabolizing and excretory capacity declines in the elderly,...
Several years ago, I went to an ASHA Convention and attended a talk that addressed whether it is better to train skill or strength when working with patients with dysphagia. I found the idea rather intriguing, especially when considering the possible advantages and disadvantages of focusing on ...
She also reported peri–oral numbness, dysphagia and nausea. She received, at the age of 68, a diagnosis of metastatic serous ovarian cancer BRCA wild–type at IV stage, treated with surgery and chemotherapy and actually receiving palliative care. On arrival, physical examination revealed Chvostek...
hypertrophy of the lingual tonsils has several clinical implications such as dysphagia, upper airway obstruction, difficult intubation, and difficult gastrointestinal endoscopy because the lingual tonsils are located in the tongue base. in particular, lingual tonsil hypertrophy (lth) has been thought to ...
Epilepsy is one of the neurological conditions associated with dysphagia (i.e., difficulty in swallowing). Based on the study of Plessinger et al. [46], epilepsy patients with dysphagia were significantly older than the epilepsy patients without dysphagia. Moreover, patients with dysphagia had re...
as dysphagia has major functional consequences and comorbidities. Several scales are used to assess swallowing disorders, such as the Facial Oral Tract Therapy Swallowing Assessment of Saliva [6] and, very recently, the Swallowing Assessment in Disorders of Consciousness [7]. In daily practice, a ...
Epilepsy is one of the neurological conditions associated with dysphagia (i.e., difficulty in swallowing). Based on the study of Plessinger et al. [46], epilepsy patients with dysphagia were significantly older than the epilepsy patients without dysphagia. Moreover, patients with dysphagia had re...