Predictors of aspiration pneumonia following radiotherapy for head and neck cancer

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 118, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 811-816

  Purkey, Michael T ^a   Levine, Marc S ^a   Prendes, Brandon ^a   Frank Norman, M ^a   Mirza, Natasha ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspiration; Head and neck cancer; Irradiation; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BARIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MODIFIED VIDEOFLUOROSCOPIC BARIUM SWALLOW TEST; NECK DISSECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ASPIRATION; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 73349126405     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940911801111     Document Type: Article

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