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Weighing up the pros and cons of dysphagia triage in South Africa

BACKGROUND: Early identification of dysphagia followed by intervention reduces, length of hospitalisation, degree of morbidity, hospital costs and risk of aspiration pneumonia. The emergency department offers an opportune space for triage. Triaging offers risk-based evaluation and early identificati...

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Autores principales: Kater, Kelly-Ann, Seedat, Jaishika
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: AOSIS 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9982486/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36861903
http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajcd.v70i1.941