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Eating in side-lying facilitates rehabilitation in neurogenic dysphagia
W Drake1, S O'Donoghue, C Bartram
1Regional Neurological Rehabilitation Unit, London, UK.
Brain Injury
|February 1, 1997
Abstract:
A 26-year-old man who had sustained a traumatic head injury aspirated when fed in the upright position. By contrast, when fed in the side-lying position swallowing improved and there was no aspiration. Implications for management are discussed.