1. Dysphagia in stroke, neurodegenerative disease, and advanced dementia
- Author
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Kenneth W. Altman, Daniel J. McCabe, Steven J. Frucht, Amanda Richards, and Leanne Goldberg
- Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty ,Population ,Nutritional Status ,Disease ,Risk Assessment ,Severity of Illness Index ,Atrophy ,Risk Factors ,medicine ,Dementia ,Humans ,Mental Competency ,Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ,education ,Intensive care medicine ,Stomatognathic System ,Stroke ,education.field_of_study ,business.industry ,Multiple sclerosis ,Age Factors ,Respiratory Aspiration ,Disease Management ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Dysphagia ,Otorhinolaryngology ,medicine.symptom ,Nervous System Diseases ,business ,Deglutition Disorders - Abstract
Aspiration risk from dysphagia increases with central and peripheral neurologic disease. Stroke, microvascular ischemic disease, a spectrum of neurodegenerative diseases, and advancing dementia all have unique aspects. However, there are distinct commonalities in this population. Increasing nutritional requirements to stave off oropharyngeal muscular atrophy and a sedentary lifestyle further tax the patient's abilities to safely swallow. This article reviews stroke, muscular dystrophy, myasthenia gravis, multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and advanced dementia. Approaches to screening and evaluation, recognizing sentinel indicators of decline that increase aspiration risk, and options for managing global laryngeal dysfunction are also presented.
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- 2013