Swallowing Muscle Dysfunction and Residual Factor of Dysphagia with Community- Acquired Pneumonia in the Elderly
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Oropharyngeal dysphagia is a risk factor for community-acquired pneumonia in the elderly.
The aim of this study was to explore whether oropharyngeal dysphagia is a risk factor for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in the elderly and to assess the physiology of deglutition of patients with pneumonia. In the case-control study, 36 elderly patients (aged ≥ 70 years) hospitalised with pneumonia were matched by age and sex with two independently living controls. All subjects were given ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Pulmonary & Respiratory Medicine
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2161-105X
DOI: 10.4172/2161-105x.1000462