Cough in the elderly: A novel strategy for preventing aspiration pneumonia

Pulmonary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 318-323

  Ebihara, Satoru ^a   Ebihara, Takae ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aspiration pneumonia; Cough reflex; Elderly; Swallowing reflex

Indexed keywords

AGED; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; COUGHING; DEPRESSION; DOWN REGULATION; EATING; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWALLOWING;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COUGH; DEGLUTITION; EATING; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; REFLEX;

EID: 79955710910     PISSN: 10945539     EISSN: 15229629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pupt.2010.10.003     Document Type: Article

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