Feasibility of instrumental swallowing assessments in patients with prolonged disordered consciousness while undergoing inpatient rehabilitation

Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 384-391

  Brady, Susan L ^a   Pape, Theresa L B ^c,d,e   Darragh, Meghan ^b   Escobar, Nelson G ^b   Rao, Noel ^c  

^a Department of Speech Language Pathology   (United States)

^b Brain Injury Program

^c MARIANJOY REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Coma; Deglutition; Disordered consciousness; Dysphagia; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ACID ASPIRATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FIBERSCOPE ENDOSCOPY; FLUOROSCOPY; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; RANCHO LOS AMIGOS SCALE; REHABILITATION CARE; SWALLOWING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; COMA, POST-HEAD INJURY; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; REHABILITATION CENTERS; RESPIRATORY ASPIRATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VIDEO RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350655952     PISSN: 08859701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HTR.0b013e3181a8d38e     Document Type: Article

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