This is the first study to document swallowing problems in patients with CFM. Difficulties were seen in both the oral and pharyngeal phases. We recommend routine screening for swallowing issues by a speech and language therapist in all patients with CFM and to obtain a VFS-study in patients ...
Infants receiving nCPAP with a RAM cannula and tolerating at least 50% of their feeding orally were included in the study (one term; six preterm infants). Each participant underwent a videofluoroscopic swallow study while on nCPAP and off nCPAP. A non-parametric signed-rank test was used for...
A non-validated Swallow Screen (SwSc) is used by a Community Specialist Team (CST) for older persons during Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) to identify patients requiring Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) referral. The SwSc comprises 7 questions with "yes" or "no" answers. "Yes" ...
A speech and language therapist should have formally assessed dysphagia, and reliance should not have been placed on the screening test that was used.The nutritional data presented in the paper are incomplete. The authors would have served readers better if they had presented data on arm muscle ...
This is the first study to document swallowing problems in patients with CFM. Difficulties were seen in both the oral and pharyngeal phases. We recommend routine screening for swallowing issues by a speech and language therapist in all patients with CFM and to obtain a VFS-study in patients ...