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Nurse-performed screening for postextubation dysphagia: a retrospective cohort study in critically ill medical patients

BACKGROUND: Swallowing difficulties are common, and dysphagia occurs frequently in intensive care unit (ICU) patients after extubation. Yet, no guidelines on postextubation swallowing assessment exist. We aimed to investigate the safety and effectiveness of nurse-performed screening (NPS) for postex...

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Autores principales: See, Kay Choong, Peng, Si Yu, Phua, Jason, Sum, Chew Lai, Concepcion, Johncy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5062851/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27733188
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13054-016-1507-y