A Novel Diagnostic Test for the Risk of Aspiration Pneumonia in the Elderly [6]

Chest

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 801-802

  Teramoto, Shinji ^a   Yamamoto, Hiroshi ^a   Yamaguchi, Yasuhiro ^a   Ouchi, Yasuijoshi ^a   Matsuse, Takeshi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DYSPHAGIA; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG ASPIRATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SWALLOWING; SWALLOWING PROVOCATION TEST; SYMPTOM; VIDEOFLUOROSCOPIC SWALLOW ASSESSMENT; WATER SWALLOWING TEST;

EID: 1242284316     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.125.2.801     Document Type: Letter

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