Swallowing difficulty serves as a significant predictor of frailty progression in older adults, according to new research following nearly 800 community-dwelling Japanese seniors over two years. The ...
An older adult’s swallowing function is associated with lower social interaction levels, a new study finds. People with swallowing problems who lived at home laughed less than those without swallowing ...
Children with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a rare autosomal recessive disease that results in progressive muscle weakness and atrophy, can suffer the concerning consequences of dysphagia, which ...
New postoperative risk: Researchers identified post-extubation pneumonia as a distinct condition, more common than ventilator-associated pneumonia after surgery. Key risk factors: Older patients, men, ...
We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. Swallow function was evaluated using three scoring ...
The aim of the "How To..." section is to provide guidance on how to perform a range of procedures used for evaluation of patients with motility-related upper GI tract disorders. Each procedure is ...
"Given the significant potential for impaired quality of life and complications related to speech and swallow dysfunction in this population . . . it’s reasonable that language pathology examination ...
Phase I/II Study of Intratumoral Ad/Purine Nucleoside Phosphorylase (Gedeptin) With Fludarabine Phosphate in Patients With Recurrent Head and Neck Cancer Eight hundred eighty-five MBS studies were ...