Screening tests for dysphagia

• Authors: Barbara Jamróz , Maria Pabian , Joanna Chmielewska , Magdalena Milewska , Kazimierz Niemczyk

Abstracts

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Many patients treated at hospital have difficulty with swallowing, which poses an interdisciplinary problem. We describe basic screening tests for dysphagia, which can be carried out by physicians, speech therapists, and nurses, and show how to use these tests.

Keywords

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dysphagia; aspiration; water swallow screening test; GUSS; V-VST

• Publisher: Index Copernicus International
• Journal: Polski Przegląd Otorynolaryngologiczny
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 6(4)
• Pages: 10-13

Dates

published

2017-12-27

Contributors

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Barbara Jamróz

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Maria Pabian

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Joanna Chmielewska

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Magdalena Milewska

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Kazimierz Niemczyk

Identifiers

DOI

10.5604/01.3001.0010.7499