Screening Tests in Evaluating Swallowing Function - Med
31JMAJ, January / February 2011 Vol. 54, No. 1Research and Reviews*1 Professor, Department of Rehabilitation, School of Allied Health Sciences, Kitasato University, Kanagawa, Japan.*2 Chief, First Section of Otorhinolaryngology, National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities, Saitama, article is a revised English version of a paper originally published in the Journal of the Japan Medical Association ( , , 2009,pages 1747 1750). Screening Tests in Evaluating SwallowingFunctionJMAJ 54(1): 31 34, 2011Satoshi HORIGUCHI,*1 Yasushi SUZUKI*2AbstractDiagnosis of dysphagia begins with suspecting its presence. When dysphagia is suspected, patients with high riskshould be screened by means of simplified examinations for dysphagia. Many of these Screening Tests arerelatively easy to perform and provide a rough picture of the Swallowing to say, videofluorography and video endoscopic examination of Swallowing are the gold the other hand, highly sensitive, simple Screening Tests that lead to these examinations are extremely usefulwhen examining general outpatients, inpatients at the bedside, and in-home wordsDysphagia, Screening , AspirationIntroductionSwallowing movement is intended not only toobtain nourishment but also to protect the respi-ratory tract.
JMAJ, January/February 2011 — Vol. 54, No. 1 33 SCREENING TESTS IN EVALUATING SWALLOWING FUNCTION test is intended to detect aspiration with high
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