Dysphagia in the intensive care unit: Epidemiology, mechanisms, and clinical management

Critical Care

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2019, Pages

  Zuercher, Patrick ^a   Moret, Céline S ^a   Dziewas, Rainer ^b   Schefold, Joerg C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Critical illness; Deglutition disorder; ICU acquired swallowing dysfunction; ICU acquired weakness; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DYSPHAGIA; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ESOPHAGUS MYOTOMY; EXTUBATION; FOOD TEXTURE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY RATE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHARYNGEAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPETITIVE TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SWALLOWING; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; ADVERSE EVENT; APACHE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ORGAN DYSFUNCTION SCORE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES;

APACHE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; ORGAN DYSFUNCTION SCORES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 85063809323     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13054-019-2400-2     Document Type: Review

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