Oropharyngeal dysphagia is a risk factor for community-acquired pneumonia in the elderly

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 923-926

  Almirall, Jordi ^a,b,c   Rofes, Laia ^d   Serra Prat, Mateu ^a,d   Icart, Roser ^a   Palomera, Elisabet ^a   Arreola, Viridiana ^a   Clavé, Pere ^a,c,d  

^a HOSPITAL DE MATARÓ   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ageing; Aspiration pneumonia; Pneumonia; Swallowing

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; MALE; OROPHARYNGEAL DYSPHAGIA; OROPHARYNX; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SWALLOWING; VESTIBULE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DEGLUTITION; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84875858339     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00019012     Document Type: Article

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