The outcome of dysphagia depends on a low score in the Rancho Los Amigos Cognitive Scale and the Glasgow Coma Scale, orotracheal intubation and the presence of tracheostomy. The most widely used instrumental assessment tool for the diagnosis of dysphagia is videofluoroscopy. This procedure consists of swallowing a variety of liquids and foods mixed with barium.
Efficacy of swallowing maneuvers and oral motor exercises in dysphagia due to a severe traumatic brain injury in adults
 
  Keywords
 
 
  
   Traumatic brain injury
  
 
 
  
   Dysphagia
  
 
 
  
   Videofluoroscopy
  
 
 
  
   Swallowing maneuvres
  
 
 
  
   Oral motor exercises
  
 
 
  
   Functional magnetic resonance imaging
  
 
Abstract
 Traumatic brain injury is the first cause of death in persons younger than 45 years in Spain.
<dis>Swallowing disorders</dis> are common in the initial phase of a severe traumatic brain injury.
The incidence of <dis>dysphagia</dis> varies between 25 and 61% of patients and the prognosis depends on correct evaluation and early and appropriate treatment.
The outcome of <dis>dysphagia</dis> depends on a low score in the Rancho Los Amigos Cognitive Scale and the Glasgow Coma Scale, orotracheal intubation and the presence of tracheostomy.
The most widely used instrumental assessment tool for the diagnosis of <dis>dysphagia</dis> is videofluoroscopy.
This procedure consists of swallowing a variety of liquids and foods mixed with barium.
Swallowing maneuvres and oral motor exercises are useful in the rehabilitation of swallowing.
Functional magnetic resonance imaging of the brain shows the cortical areas that are activated during the application of rehabilitation treatment.
Abstract
 Traumatic brain injury is the first cause of death in persons younger than 45 years in Spain.
Swallowing disorders are common in the initial phase of a severe traumatic brain injury.
The incidence of dysphagia varies between 25 and 61% of patients and the prognosis depends on correct evaluation and early and appropriate treatment.
The outcome of dysphagia depends on a low score in the Rancho Los Amigos Cognitive Scale and the Glasgow Coma Scale, orotracheal intubation and the presence of tracheostomy.
The most widely used instrumental assessment tool for the diagnosis of dysphagia is videofluoroscopy.
This procedure consists of swallowing a variety of liquids and foods mixed with barium.
Swallowing maneuvres and oral motor exercises are useful in the rehabilitation of swallowing.
Functional magnetic resonance imaging of the brain shows the cortical areas that are activated during the application of rehabilitation treatment.
The outcome of <dis>dysphagia</dis> depends on a low score in the Rancho Los Amigos Cognitive Scale and the Glasgow Coma Scale, orotracheal intubation and the presence of tracheostomy. The most widely used instrumental assessment tool for the diagnosis of <dis>dysphagia</dis> is videofluoroscopy. This procedure consists of swallowing a variety of liquids and foods mixed with barium.
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