Clinical challenges in the evaluation and treatment of individuals with poststroke dysphagia

Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 120-133

  Tippett, Donna C ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

dysphagia; stroke; therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DYSPHAGIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; FIBERSCOPE ENDOSCOPY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PULSE OXIMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERAPY;

AGED; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT COMPLIANCE; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79953236208     PISSN: 10749357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/tsr1802-120     Document Type: Article

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