Dysphagia and respiratory care in individuals with tetraplegia: Incidence, associated factors, and preventable complications

Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 15-22

  Shem, Kazuko ^a   Castillo, Kathleen ^a   Wong, Sandra ^a   Chang, James ^a   Kolakowsky Hayner, Stephanie ^a  

^a SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

aspiration; dysphagia; intubation; mechanical ventilation; pneumonia; spinal cord injury; swallowing; tetraplegia; trach otomie

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BEDSIDE SWALLOW EVALUATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; QUADRIPLEGIA; RESPIRATORY CARE; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRACHEOSTOMY; VIDEOFLUOROSCOPY SWALLOW STUDY;

EID: 84856623256     PISSN: 10820744     EISSN: 19455763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/sci1801-15     Document Type: Article

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