Difficulty with swallowing or dysphagia is a problem, which if left untreated, could cause malnutrition and seriously affect the health of the patient. Dysphagia is a condition where a person ...

Ideally, clinicians assess dysphagia through a clinical (bedside) evaluation and one of two standard tests: a videofluoroscopic swallow study or a flexible endoscopic evaluation of swallowing. However ...

Healthcare professionals have been unsuccessful in identifying patients at high risk for aspiration pneumonia. Early screening and intervention is critical. Many available modalities can prevent ...

Johns Hopkins experts are recommending early post-surgical assessment—preferably within 24 hours—for trouble chewing and swallowing food, or speaking normally, among patients who have had benign ...

For decades, stroke patients with swallowing difficulties have routinely received crushed tablets to reduce the risk of ...

May 30, 2012 (Lisbon, Portugal) — A test to detect swallowing difficulties in patients with stroke is an easy, sensitive, and highly predictive screening tool, a new study shows. Use of the test was ...

Impacts of intubation and mechanical ventilation. Medical complexities including cardiac and respiratory disease. Risk for pneumonia, aspiration, and increased length of stay. What do all of these ...

Q. My 15-month-old daughter swallows baby food without difficulty, but when I give her table foods (pasta, fruit cocktail or small pieces of chicken) she chews them and then spits them out without ...