Susan E Langmore, Gintas P Krisciunas, Heather Warner, S David White, Daniel Dvorkin, Daniel Fink, Edel McNally, Rebecca Scheel, Carrie Higgins, Joseph E Levitt, Jeffrey McKeehan, Sandra Deane, Jonathan M Siner, Rosemary Vojnik, Marc Moss
The mechanisms responsible for aspiration are relatively unknown in patients recovering from acute respiratory failure (ARF) who required mechanical ventilation. Though many conditions may contribute to swallowing dysfunction, alterations in laryngeal structure and swallowing function likely play a role in the development of aspiration. At four university-based tertiary medical centers, we conducted a prospective cohort study of ARF patients who required intensive care and mechanical ventilation for at least 48 h...
November 6, 2020: Dysphagia