Dehydration and dysphagia: Challenges in the older adult

Journal of Medical Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1-10

  Bratlund, Christina V ^a   O'Donoghue, Cynthia R ^b   Rocchiccioli, Judith T ^b  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Dehydration; Dysphagia; Elderly; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

DIURETIC AGENT;

AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEHYDRATION; DIET THERAPY; DYSPHAGIA; FLUID INTAKE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; KINESIOTHERAPY; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MUSCLE EXERCISE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 79952399143     PISSN: 10651438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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