Factors associated with dysphagia in individuals with high tetraplegia

Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 8-18

  Shem, Kazuko ^a,b   Castillo, Kathleen ^a   Naran, Bindu ^a  

^a SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Aspiration; Dysphagia; Intubation; Mechanical ventilation; Pneumonia; Spinal cord injury; Swallowing; Tetraplegia; Tracheostomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; DIET; DISABILITY; DYSPHAGIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LUNG INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; QUADRIPLEGIA; REHABILITATION CENTER; RISK FACTOR; SPEECH PATHOLOGIST; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 26844475941     PISSN: 10820744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/HW9N-E1ME-FK6G-00TK     Document Type: Article

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