Rie Asayama, Kaori Tanaka-Nishikubo, Masahiro Okada, Naoki Mukai, Suguru Annen, Hironori Matsumoto, Jun Takeba, Norio Sato, Naohito Hato
To investigate dysphagia after extubation in patients with severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We retrospectively examined patients with severe COVID-19 treated in our hospital between August 2021 and March 2022. Feeding outcomes were categorized into two groups-(1) total oral intake, and (2) difficulty in oral intake. To assess the feeding outcome, we used modified water-swallowing test (MWST) for all patients. However, in cases where aspiration or recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy was suspected, we conducted the fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing after MWST...
March 21, 2024: Scientific Reports