Transcutaneous Electrical Stimulation versus Traditional Dysphagia Therapy
| Autor: | Peter C. Belafsky, Yoav Hahn, Liza Blumfeld, Amanda LePage |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry medicine.medical_treatment medicine.disease Dysphagia Surgery Tracheotomy Otorhinolaryngology Respiratory failure Swallowing Internal medicine Acute care Cohort otorhinolaryngologic diseases medicine medicine.symptom business Stroke Oropharyngeal dysphagia |
| Zdroj: | Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. 133:P60-P60 |
| ISSN: | 0194-5998 |
| Popis: | Objectives: Recent investigations suggest that cervical transcutaneous electrical stimulation (TES) may be an effective treatment of oropharyngeal dysphagia. The purpose of this investigation was to compare the efficacy of TES to traditional dysphagia therapy (TDT) in treating persons with dysphagia and aspiration. Methods: The charts of forty consecutive individuals undergoing TES and forty consecutive persons undergoing TDT in a long-term acute care facility were reviewed. Information regarding patient demographics, swallowing dysfunction, number of treatments, length of hospitalization, presence of a tracheotomy tube, and diagnosis were evaluated. Treatment success was gauged by improvement on a swallow severity scale. Results: The mean age of the cohort was 72. Sixty-five percent was male. The most common diagnoses were respiratory failure (75%), stroke (5%), and sepsis (4%). There was a trend toward a fewer number of treatments (p=0.07) and a shorter length of hospitalization (p=0.05) in the TES group. The swallow severity scale improved from 0.50 to 1.48 in the TDT (p |
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