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Examining nurse-led dysphagia screening tools in the general medical hospital population

Authors :
Petrea Cornwell
Brooke Cowie
Richard Geraghty
Source :
Speech, Language and Hearing. 20:29-37
Publication Year :
2016
Publisher :
Informa UK Limited, 2016.

Abstract

Introduction: Dysphagia screening tools have been routinely used to assess for risk of aspiration in the stroke population. Despite a 30 to 40% prevalence rate of oropharyngeal dysphagia in older g...

Details

ISSN :
20505728 and 2050571X
Volume :
20
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Speech, Language and Hearing
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........1d47273607f700af38d7d1af14a21cdc
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/2050571x.2016.1204747