Persons with disorders of consciosness: Are oral feedings safe/effective?

Brain Injury

Volumn 20, Issue 13-14, 2006, Pages 1329-1334

  Brady, Susan L ^a   Darragh, Meghan ^a   Escobar, Nelson ^a   O'neil, Kara ^a   Pape, Theresa ^a,b   Rao, Noel ^a  

^a MARIANJOY REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Nephrology Section   (United States)

Author keywords

Coma; Deglutition; Dysphagia; Outcomes; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMA; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIETARY INTAKE; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT SAFETY; REHABILITATION CARE; SWALLOWING; TRACHEOSTOMY; AGED; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ECONOMICS; ENTERIC FEEDING; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN INJURIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMA, POST-HEAD INJURY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; DEGLUTITION; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33847190312     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699050601111435     Document Type: Article

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