… in patients with dysphagia and pulmonary aspiration, … patients, with a predominance of adult
and elderly subjects. The tomographic findings in patients with dysphagia-related aspiration …

… patients aged 65 and older who were at risk for aspiration. This could have been on the basis
of documented oropharyngeal dysphagia, previous stroke, previous aspiration… of aspiration …

… The occurrence rate of aspiration pneumonia has been reported to be lower in pseudobulbar
dysphagia patients that received mechanical diet with thickened liquids compared with the …

… in an individual patient. Some evidence suggests that dysphagia patients who aspirate during
… risk of developing aspiration pneumonia than those who do not [ 5 ]. However, since other …

… predispose to aspiration pneumonia include a reduced level of consciousness, dysphagia,
… evidence of or predisposition of the patient to aspiration, a relatively insidious onset in some …

… of mortality in stroke patients [4] and is an important risk factor for aspiration pneumonia
and malnutrition [2, 4, 7–11]. Both aspiration pneumonia and dysphagia are associated with …

… of dysphagia and aspiration in acute stroke patients, (2) to … that the patients in our sample
were treated for dysphagia, it is … parameters in the prediction of aspiration pneumonia, nor is it …

… identify those patients who are at risk of aspiration pneumonia and … dysphagia is an influencing
factor. However like Langmore [27], the results of this study would suggest that dysphagia …

… Gordon and coworkers’ found that of 41 patients who suffered dysphagia, seven (17%) …
of aspiration pneumonia among a population of 47 stroke patients. Defining what constitutes …

… dysphagia in medically stable patients was defined as a reduction in the occurrence of
aspiration pneumonia. … As can be seen, aspiration pneumonia occurred in patients of all severity …