Development of the brief bedside dysphagia screening test in the Czech Republic

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 388-395

  Mandysova, Petra ^a,b   Škvrňáková, Jana ^a,b   Ehler, Edvard ^a,b   Černý, Michal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARDUBICE   (Czech Republic)

^b Pardubice Regional Hospital   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Bedside assessment; Dysphagia; Screening; Swallowing; Videofluoroscopy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CZECH REPUBLIC; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWALLOWING; VALIDATION STUDY; VIDEORECORDING;

AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CZECH REPUBLIC; DEGLUTITION; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 82455174800     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2011.00630.x     Document Type: Article

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