May 30, 2012 (Lisbon, Portugal) — A test to detect swallowing difficulties in patients with stroke is an easy, sensitive, and highly predictive screening tool, a new study shows. Use of the test was ...

Nurses currently allow other healthcare disciplines to take the lead in dysphagia assessment and management. As an expert practitioner, consultant, educator, and researcher, the dysphagia CNS can ...

Converting a clinical indicator on patient missed treatments into a functional quality improvement metric. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2014 Quality Care Symposium. This abstract does not ...

For decades, stroke patients with swallowing difficulties have routinely received crushed tablets to reduce the risk of ...

The Medicare Benefit Policy Manual provides guidance for rehabilitation professionals on criteria for reasonable and necessary skilled services which include: Following Evidenced Based Practice ...

Over 800 delegates from 46 countries will attend the 8th annual European Society for Swallowing Disorders (ESSD) Congress taking place in Dublin next week to hear about new developments in swallowing ...

Impacts of intubation and mechanical ventilation. Medical complexities including cardiac and respiratory disease. Risk for pneumonia, aspiration, and increased length of stay. What do all of these ...