Flexible endoscopic evaluation of swallowing with sensory testing: Patient characteristics and analysis of safety in 1,340 consecutive examinations

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 173-176

  Aviv, Jonathan E ^a,b   Murry, Thomas ^a   Cohen, Manderly ^a   Zschommler, Anne ^a   Gartner, Carolyn ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b Harkness Pavilion HP 8 812 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Deglutition; Endoscopy; FEESST; Safety; Swallowing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHAGIA; EPISTAXIS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OPEN HEART SURGERY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY ANALYSIS; STROKE; SWALLOWING;

EID: 15044362563     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940511400301     Document Type: Article

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