Bedside assessment of swallowing in elderly subjects using psychotropic drugs

ABSTRACT: Neuroleptic drugs are used in several mental disorders, but are suspected of causing oropharyngeal dysphagia, mainly in the elderly. AIM: To study the effect of neuroleptic agents on swallowing of institutionalized older people. MATERIAL AND METHOD: A cross sectional study of swallowing in...

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Autores principales: Fioravanti, Marisa Portes, Miyahara, Fernanda Balero, Cavallari, Heloisa Helena, Bretan, Onivaldo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9450718/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21860982
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1808-86942011000400019
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Sumario:ABSTRACT: Neuroleptic drugs are used in several mental disorders, but are suspected of causing oropharyngeal dysphagia, mainly in the elderly. AIM: To study the effect of neuroleptic agents on swallowing of institutionalized older people. MATERIAL AND METHOD: A cross sectional study of swallowing in 47 subjects that either used or did not use neuroleptic drugs. Bedside swallowing tests with foods of four different consistencies were carried out. RESULTS: There was no significant difference between the two groups. Users of neuroleptic medications showed a higher percentage of multiple swallowing while non-users had a higher percentage of oral food escape. CONCLUSION: Neuroleptic agents alone do not affect the mechanism of swallowing in the elderly; nonetheless. Further studies with a larger number of individuals and specific swallowing tests are needed.

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