Dysphagia Management in Acute and Sub-acute Stroke
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Dysphagia Management in Acute and Sub-acute Stroke.
Swallowing dysfunction is common after stroke. More than 50% of the 665 thousand stroke survivors will experience dysphagia acutely of which approximately 80 thousand will experience persistent dysphagia at 6 months. The physiologic impairments that result in post-stroke dysphagia are varied. This review focuses primarily on well-established dysphagia treatments in the context of the physiologi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Current Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Reports
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2167-4833
DOI: 10.1007/s40141-014-0061-2