In intensive care medicine dysphagia is an extremely frequent symptom which has a
significant impact on the patients' overall prognosis. The causes of dysphagia in the critically …

Background There is a need for improved clinical identification of hospitalized patients at
risk of aspiration. We evaluated our novel phonetic test in a broad spectrum of patients at …

Purpose Screening for dysphagia at the intensive care unit (ICU) soon after extubation can
prevent aspiration, pneumonia, lower mortality, and shorten re-feeding interval. This study …

Dysphagia is a major risk factor for morbidity and mortality in critically ill patients treated in
intensive care units (ICUs). Structured otorhinolaryngological data on dysphagia in ICU …

Background Post‐extubation dysphagia reportedly occurs in 3%–60% of patients and is
independently associated with poor patient outcomes. Aim The aim of this study was to …

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 …

Dysphagia after prolonged orotracheal intubation is reported to increases a patient's risk for
aspiration, leading to increased risk for morbidity and mortality. Identification of specific risk …

Dysphagia intervention in the ICU is often complex, and speech-language pathologists
(SLP) may have questions about best practice for patients with tracheostomy tubes and …

With interest we read the article on “Symptom management to alleviate thirst and dry mouth
in critically ill patients: A randomised controlled trial”. 1 The authors deal with an interesting …

Methods A prospective bedside swallow evaluation was completed with 40 patients
extubated in Cardiac ICU over 12 week period. No exclusion criteria adopted in this study …