Swallowing Problems at the End of the Palliative Phase: Incidence and Severity in 164 Unsedated Patients

Dysphagia

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 145-151

  Bogaardt, Hans ^a   Veerbeek, Laetitia ^b   Kelly, Katherine ^c   van der Heide, Agnes ^d   van Zuylen, Lia ^d   Speyer, Renée ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Integraal Kankercentrum Noord Nederland   (Netherlands)

^c Campbelltown Hospital   (Australia)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Deglutition; Deglutition disorders; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYING; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOSS OF APPETITE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING STAFF; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELATIVE; SALIVATION DISORDER; SYMPTOM; WELLBEING; CONSCIOUSNESS; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; FAMILY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPEECH DISORDER; SWALLOWING; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONSCIOUSNESS; DEGLUTITION; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; EDUCATION, NURSING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929961724     PISSN: 0179051X     EISSN: 14320460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00455-014-9590-1     Document Type: Article

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