Background Intensive care unit (ICU)–acquired dysphagia has severe consequences for
patients including increased morbidity and mortality. Standard operating procedures …

Background Dysphagia occurs in intensive care unit (ICU) patients. However, there is a lack
of epidemiological data on the prevalence of dysphagia in adult ICU patients. Objectives …

Background Dysphagia is common in intensive care unit (ICU) patients, yet it remains
underrecognized and often unmanaged despite being associated with life-threatening …

Dysphagia is a common problem in the intensive care unit (ICU), yet no national guidelines
on dysphagia prevention, screening, and management exist. We performed a survey to …

Critical illness dysphagia is a major risk factor for complications such as (aspiration)
pneumonia, need for reintubation, malnutrition and death in the intensive care unit (ICU) and …

Dysphagia occurs commonly in the intensive care unit (ICU). Despite the clinical relevance,
there is little worldwide research on prevention, assessment, evaluation, and/or treatment of …

Dysphagia may present in all critically ill patients and large-scale clinical data show that eg
post-extubation dysphagia (PED) is commonly observed in intensive care unit (ICU) …

Dear Editor, With great interest we read the recent excellent article by Dr Brodsky [1] on post-
extubation dysphagia (PED). We agree that we as intensivists are indeed daily confronted …

Objectives: Swallowing disorders may be associated with adverse clinical outcomes in
patients following invasive mechanical ventilation. We investigated the incidence of …

Aims and objectives The current study surveyed nurse practice patterns for performing
swallowing screens in an academic cardiac intensive care unit (ICU). It aimed to index …