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Adapting Human Videofluoroscopic Swallow Study Methods to Detect and Characterize Dysphagia in Murine Disease Models
Published on: March 1, 2015
[Disphagia: a guide to the assessment]
Abstract:
. Disphagia: a guide to the assessment. Dysphagia is a frequent symptom in clinical and care practice; taking care of the person with dysphagia requires multidisciplinary approaches, however it involves nurses' responsibility in their daily relationship with the patients and frequent updates on the evolution of assessment, diagnostic and treatment tools. This contribution proposes an update on the different levels of assessment: from screening procedures to the clinical evaluation of dysphagia and presents the main tools used in clinical practice.
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