Dysphagia in acute tetraplegics: A retrospective study

Spinal Cord

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 197-201

  Seidl, R O ^a   Nusser Muller Busch R ^a   Kurzweil, M ^a   Niedeggen, A ^b  

^a Department of Otolaryngology at Unfallkrankenhaus ^*  (Germany)

^b Spinal Cord Injury Center at Unfallkrankenhaus   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complication; Dysphagia; Tetraplegia; Therapy; Tracheotomy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEEDING; FEEDING APPARATUS; FEMALE; GERMANY; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL APPROACH; SWALLOWING; TRACHEOTOMY; TREATMENT DURATION; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; DEGLUTITION; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUADRIPLEGIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TRACHEOTOMY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949263652     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2009.102     Document Type: Article

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