The accuracy of the modified Evans blue dye test in detecting aspiration in head and neck cancer patients

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 264, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1059-1064

  Winklmaier, U ^a   Wust K ^b   Plinkert, P K ^a   Wallner, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b University of Applied Science   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aspiration; Clinical swallowing examination; Dysphagia; Head and neck cancer; Tracheostomy

Indexed keywords

EVANS BLUE;

'ASPIRATION'; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DYSPHAGIA; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FIBERSCOPE ENDOSCOPY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MALE; MODIFIED EVANS BLUE DYE TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STAINING; SWALLOWING; TRACHEOSTOMY; VALIDITY;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COHORT STUDIES; COLORING AGENTS; EVANS BLUE; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 34547113302     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-007-0299-8     Document Type: Article

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