Diagnosis and Management of Oropharyngeal Dysphagia and Its Nutritional and Respiratory Complications in the Elderly

Oropharyngeal dysphagia is a major complaint among older people. Dysphagia may cause two types of complications in these patients: (a) a decrease in the efficacy of deglutition leading to malnutrition and dehydration, (b) a decrease in deglutition safety, leading to tracheobronchial aspiration which...

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Autores principales: Rofes, Laia, Arreola, Viridiana, Almirall, Jordi, Cabré, Mateu, Campins, Lluís, García-Peris, Pilar, Speyer, Renée, Clavé, Pere
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2929516/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20811545
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/818979

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2929516/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20811545
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/818979

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