Evaluation and management of respiratory illness in children with cerebral palsy

R Marpole, AM Blackmore, N Gibson… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common cause of disability in childhood. Respiratory illness
is the most common cause of mortality, morbidity, and poor quality of life in the most severely …

Top-ten tips for managing nutritional issues and gastrointestinal symptoms in children with neurological impairment

V Dipasquale, F Gottrand, PB Sullivan… - Italian journal of …, 2020 - Springer
The prevalence of children with neurological impairment (NI) presenting feeding difficulties
and gastrointestinal symptoms is rising. The most recent guidelines recommend early …

Assessment of swallowing disorders, nutritional and hydration status, and oral hygiene in students with severe neurological disabilities including cerebral palsy

A Costa, A Martin, V Arreola, SA Riera, A Pizarro… - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background: Special needs schools (SNS) educate children and young people with major
neurological disabilities who are at high risk of oropharyngeal dysphagia (OD) and …

The pediatric subjective global nutrition assessment classifies more children with cerebral palsy as malnourished compared with anthropometry

KL Bell, KA Benfer, RS Ware, TA Patrao… - Journal of the Academy …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Nutrition assessment is multidimensional; however, much of the literature
examining the nutritional status of children with cerebral palsy (CP) focuses on a single …

Nutritional screening of children and adolescents with cerebral palsy: a scoping review

SJ Sørensen, G Brekke, K Kok… - … Medicine & Child …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To examine nutritional screening methods for children and adolescents with cerebral
palsy. Method A scoping review was performed using established methodologies. In June …

Mini‐EDACS: Development of the Eating and Drinking Ability Classification System for young children with cerebral palsy

D Sellers, L Pennington, E Bryant… - … Medicine & Child …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To develop and test Mini‐EDACS to describe developing eating and drinking abilities of
children with cerebral palsy (CP) aged between 18 and 36 months. Method The existing …

Using an automated speech recognition approach to differentiate between normal and aspirating swallowing sounds recorded from digital cervical auscultation in …

TT Frakking, AB Chang, C Carty, J Newing, KA Weir… - Dysphagia, 2022 - Springer
Use of machine learning to accurately detect aspirating swallowing sounds in children is an
evolving field. Previously reported classifiers for the detection of aspirating swallowing …

Respiratory system impairments in children with cerebral palsy: outpatient surveillance, diagnosis, and treatment

BLS Dias, FM de Lima - Medical Research Archives, 2021 - esmed.org
Introduction: Cerebral palsy is the most common physical disability of childhood. Respiratory
problems are the main causes of morbidity and mortality in cerebral palsy. Methods: The …

Eating and Drinking Ability Classification System to detect aspiration risk in children with cerebral palsy: a validation study

KM Bykova, U Frank, GL Girolami - European Journal of Pediatrics, 2023 - Springer
This prospective study has two aims. The first aim is to assess the concurrent validity of the
Eating and Drinking Ability Classification System (EDACS) as a means of identifying …

The PURPLE N study: objective and perceived nutritional status in children and adolescents with cerebral palsy

A Fogarasi, E Fazzi, ARP Smorenburg… - Disability and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose To obtain information on characteristics, management, current objective nutritional
status and perception of nutritional status of children with cerebral palsy (CP) from …