Introduction Dysphagia, when left untreated, can result in an increase in morbidity and
mortality rates, especially among infants with history of life-threatening neonatal diseases …

Background Infant videofluoroscopic swallow studies (VFSSs) require clinicians to make
determinations about swallowing deficits based on a limited number of fluoroscopically …

Paediatric swallowing disorders can have several causes, from prematurity and congenital
anomalies to gastro-oesophageal reflux and infective or inflammatory pathologies of the …

Objectives To utilize objective, quantitative videofluoroscopic swallow measures to profile
swallowing in infants and to determine the likelihood of objective swallow measures to …

In paediatric practice feeding, eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties are present in up to
1% of children. Dysphagia is any disruption to the swallow sequence that results in …

Objectives/Hypothesis Fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES) is the only
instrumental exam that can be used to assess swallowing in a breastfeeding infant. There is …

Aim This investigation tested the construct validity of the first standardized assessment tool,
the BaByVFSS Impairment Profile,(BaByVFSSImP©), developed for the quantification of …

Background: The standard procedure to assess an infant in the neonatal intensive care unit
(NICU) who is suspected of aspirating on oral feedings is a videofluoroscopic swallowing …

Objective To demonstrate the importance of utilizing fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of
swallowing (FEES) when evaluating breastfeeding infants with suspected dysphagia …

Introduction: The assessment of dysphagia in preterm infants has been limited to clinical
bedside evaluation followed by videofluoroscopic swallow study (VFSS) in selected patients …