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Cervical Fractures: Does Injury Level Impact the Incidence of Dysphagia in Elderly Patients?

Dysphagia is common in the elderly with significant consequences such as aspiration and malnutrition. This study seeks to investigate oropharyngeal dysphagia in elderly patients with cervical fractures and determine whether the level of cervical fracture impacts the incidence of swallowing dysfuncti...

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Autores principales: Pattison, Jill, Kincaid, Michelle, Pandya, Urmil
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6371192/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31011031
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/geriatrics2030021