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Dysphagia evaluation and treatment

1997; Elsevier BV; Volume: 8; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/s1043-1810(97)80028-0

1557-9395

Amanda Hembree,

Esophageal and GI Pathology

Dysphagia, or swallowing disorders, has recently become one of the largest growing areas of evaluation and treatment by speech-language pathologists. Many studies have been completed to assist the professional in the diagnosis and treatment of dysphagia. In an acute care setting, the need to assess the patients ability to swallow is extremely important. Evaluation techniques include the bedside examination, the use of cervical auscultation, the blue dye test and the use of videofluroscopic evaluation. Evaluation of such a varied caseload takes extreme skill and knowledge of the anatomy and physiology of the swallow as well as understanding the changes that may occur with various insults to the brain or a change in the anatomy, secondary to head and neck surgeries. Treatment of the disorder is dependent on the disruption to the normal anatomy or physiology that has taken place. Rehabilitation techniques will be discussed with regard to the head and neck patient and the neurologically impaired. Dysphagia, or swallowing disorders, has recently become one of the largest growing areas of evaluation and treatment by speech-language pathologists. Many studies have been completed to assist the professional in the diagnosis and treatment of dysphagia. In an acute care setting, the need to assess the patients ability to swallow is extremely important. Evaluation techniques include the bedside examination, the use of cervical auscultation, the blue dye test and the use of videofluroscopic evaluation. Evaluation of such a varied caseload takes extreme skill and knowledge of the anatomy and physiology of the swallow as well as understanding the changes that may occur with various insults to the brain or a change in the anatomy, secondary to head and neck surgeries. Treatment of the disorder is dependent on the disruption to the normal anatomy or physiology that has taken place. Rehabilitation techniques will be discussed with regard to the head and neck patient and the neurologically impaired.