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Adapting Human Videofluoroscopic Swallow Study Methods to Detect and Characterize Dysphagia in Murine Disease Models
Published on: March 1, 2015
Long-term outcomes in children with swallowing dysfunction
Bo Ryun Kim1, In Young Sung, Kyoung Hyo Choi
1Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Jeju National University Hospital, Jeju National University School of Medicine , Jeju , South Korea.
Purpose:
To evaluate swallowing function using a videofluoroscopic swallow study (VFSS), and to identify factors related to long-term swallowing function in children with swallowing dysfunction.
Methods:
Ninety children, aged 1-120 months (mean 27.5 months) were randomly selected from among children referred for the evaluation of swallowing dysfunction. We retrospectively reviewed the charts, and long-term outcomes were tracked up to 5 years.
Results:
Baseline American Speech-Language-Hearing Association National Outcome Measurement System (ASHA NOMS) scale was 3.4 ± 2.5. Supraglottic penetration and subglottic aspiration comfirmed by VFSS were detected in 30 children. After follow-up, oral feeding was possible in 74 patients, and the ASHA NOMS swallowing scale improved significantly, from 3.4 ± 2.5 to 5.8 ± 2.0. Baseline VFSS severity, serum albumin concentration, baseline weight percentile and neurologic conditions were significantly correlated with long-term swallowing function.
Conclusions:
The long-term outcomes in children with swallowing dysfunction were favorable, and baseline videofluoroscopic severity was significantly correlated with long-term swallowing function.
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