Clinical dysphagia risk predictors after prolonged orotracheal intubation

OBJECTIVES: To elucidate independent risk factors for dysphagia after prolonged orotracheal intubation. METHODS: The participants were 148 consecutive patients who underwent clinical bedside swallowing assessments from September 2009 to September 2011. All patients had received prolonged orotrache...

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Main Authors: Gisele Chagas de Medeiros, Fernanda Chiarion Sassi, Laura Davison Mangilli, Bruno Zilberstein, Claudia Regina Furquim de Andrade
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculdade de Medicina / USP 2014-01-01
Series:Clinics
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322014000100008&lng=en&tlng=en