Dysphagia in patients with acute cervical spinal cord injury

Spinal Cord

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 347-353

  Wolf, C ^a   Meiners, T H ^a  

^a Werner Wicker Klinik   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cervical spinal cord injury; Dysphagia; Fiberoptic endoscopic examination of swallowing (FEES); Respiratory insufficiency

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPIRATION; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; FIBERSCOPE ENDOSCOPY; FLUOROSCOPY; GERMANY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LARYNX EDEMA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; TRACHEOSTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME FACTORS; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTILATORS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0037835945     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101440     Document Type: Article

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