Pharyngeal flow interval: A novel impedance-based parameter correlating with aspiration

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Noll, L ^a   Rommel, N ^b   Davidson, G P ^a,c   Omari, T I ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b KU LEUVEN UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aspiration; Bolus residue; Deglutition; Diagnosis; Dysphagia; Impedance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CATHETERIZATION; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS PRESSURE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLUOROSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT FUNCTION; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; PHARYNGEAL FLOW INTERVAL; PHARYNGEAL MUSCLE; PHARYNX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; STANDING; SWALLOWING; UPPER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER;

ADOLESCENT; CATHETERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEGLUTITION; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; INFANT; MANOMETRY; PHARYNX;

EID: 79955918650     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: 13652982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2010.01634.x     Document Type: Article

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