Prediction of aspiration pneumonia by laryngopharyngeal sensory testing under flexible endoscopy

Practica Oto-Rhino-Laryngologica

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 227-231

  Ikegami, Satoshi ^a   Shoji, Kazuhiko ^a   Suzuki, Shinji ^a   Kishimoto, Yo ^a   Kojima, Tsuyoshi ^a   Takahashi, Atsuhito ^a  

^a TENRI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aspiration pneumonia; Contact stimulation; Epiglottis; Flexible endoscopy; Sensory deficit; Silicon tube

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTERIOR COMMISSURE; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; EPIGLOTTIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX; LARYNX CARTILAGE; MALE; NUTRITION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SILASTIC TUBE; TONGUE;

EID: 33645781732     PISSN: 00326313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5631/jibirin.99.227     Document Type: Article

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