268 Can the Swallow Screening Component of a Frailty Assessment be Used to Reliably Direct Clinical Dysphagia Assessment Referrals?
ConclusionA trained interdisciplinary frailty team can reliably screen for and identify risk of dysphagia. This indicates a potential for use of more standardised swallow screening protocols beyond the post stroke population into a broader cohort of patients.
Source: Age and Ageing - Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
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