Oropharyngeal dysphagia in older adults: A review

European Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 356-362

  Forster, A ^a   Samaras, N ^a   Gold, G ^a   Samaras, D ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Elderly; Oropharyngeal dysphagia

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; BOTULINUM TOXIN A; ERYTHROMYCIN; EXPECTORANT AGENT; HYPNOTIC AGENT; PENICILLAMINE; PROCAINAMIDE; STEROID; TRYPTOPHAN; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DEHYDRATION; DYSPHAGIA; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; LUNG INFECTION; MALNUTRITION; MASS SCREENING; NURSING INTERVENTION; OROPHARYNX; PARKINSON DISEASE; POSTPOLIOMYELITIS SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STROKE; SWALLOWING; THRUSH; WEIGHT REDUCTION; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 80755132211     PISSN: 18787649     EISSN: 18787657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurger.2011.08.007     Document Type: Article

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