Prevalence and prognostic implications of dysphagia in elderly patients with pneumonia

Age and Ageing

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-45

  Cabre, Mateu ^a   Serra Prat, Mateu ^b   Palomera, Elisabet ^b   Almirall, Jordi ^a   Pallares, Roman ^c   Clavé, Pere ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE MATARÓ   (Spain)

^b Research Unit   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Deglutition disorders; Dysphagia; Elderly; Functional status; Oropharyngeal aspiration; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; HALOPERIDOL; RISPERIDONE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BARTHEL INDEX; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRAIL ELDERLY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70350057550     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afp100     Document Type: Article

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