Posture and firmness changes in a pressure-relieving air mattress affect cough strength in elderly people with dysphagia

Dysphagia is the major pathophysiologic mechanism leading to aspiration pneumonia in the elderly. Elderly people with dysphagia who show low levels of the cough peak flow (CPF) are at greater risk for aspiration pneumonia. It has been reported that CPF values were significantly lower in the “soft” v...

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Autores principales: Kamikawa, Norimichi, Hamada, Hironobu, Sekikawa, Kiyokazu, Yamamoto, Hikaru, Fujika, Yoshiya, Kajiwara, Teruki, Aizawa, Fumiya, Otoyama, Ippo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6289577/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30533019
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208895

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6289577/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30533019
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208895

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