Difficulty with swallowing or dysphagia is a problem, which if left untreated, could cause malnutrition and seriously affect the health of the patient. Dysphagia is a condition where a person ...

Ideally, clinicians assess dysphagia through a clinical (bedside) evaluation and one of two standard tests: a videofluoroscopic swallow study or a flexible endoscopic evaluation of swallowing. However ...

Introduction: Gastroesophageal reflux (GER) is considered to be a cause of infant feeding disorder. Negative experience such as vomiting, regurgitation, dysphagia and painful swallowing may cause ...

Healthcare professionals have been unsuccessful in identifying patients at high risk for aspiration pneumonia. Early screening and intervention is critical. Many available modalities can prevent ...

Keep abreast with the latest news related to Difficulty Swallowing Symptom Evaluation there are 26 news items on Difficulty Swallowing Symptom Evaluation that covers updates, breakthroughs and ...

May 30, 2012 (Lisbon, Portugal) — A test to detect swallowing difficulties in patients with stroke is an easy, sensitive, and highly predictive screening tool, a new study shows. Use of the test was ...

Association between anti-cholinergic burden and delirium among patients with advanced cancer referred to a palliative care consult service. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2016 Palliative ...

Economic impacts of care by high-volume providers for noncurative esophagogastric cancer: A population-based analysis. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2020 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium ...