Cargando…

Rate of aspiration pneumonia in hospitalized Parkinson’s disease patients: a cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: Aspiration pneumonia is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in Parkinson’s disease (PD). Clinical characteristics of PD patients in addition to specific alterations in swallowing mechanisms contribute to higher swallowing times and impairment in the effective clearance of the a...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Martinez-Ramirez, Daniel, Almeida, Leonardo, Giugni, Juan C., Ahmed, Bilal, Higuchi, Masa-aki, Little, Christopher S., Chapman, John P., Mignacca, Caroline, Shukla, Aparna Wagle, Hess, Christopher W., Hegland, Karen Wheeler, Okun, Michael S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4491262/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26141135
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12883-015-0362-9