Dysphagia: Causes, assessment, treatment, and management

Geriatrics

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 15-20

  White, Gregory N ^a   O'Rourke, Fintan ^a   Ong, Bin S ^a,b   Cordato, Dennis J ^c   Chan, Daniel K Y ^a,b  

^a BANKSTOWN LIDCOMBE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Esophageal dysphagia; Fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing; Oropharyngeal dysphagia; Tube feeding; Video fluoroscopy

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BARIUM; CEPHALOSPORIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; PANIPENEM PLUS BETAMIPRON; SULBACTAM;

ACUPUNCTURE; AGING; ANAMNESIS; ASPIRATION; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIET THERAPY; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; NOSE FEEDING; NURSING HOME; OROPHARYNX; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SWALLOWING; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUBE FEEDING;

AGED; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; PROGNOSIS; STROKE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 44849117864     PISSN: 0016867X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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