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Complications during Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing in 5,680 Examinations
Conclusions: FEES proved to be easy to perform, well tolerated by the patients and cost-effective. It can be performed at the patient ’s bedside, and it is characterized by a low rate of complications. As a matter of fact, normally only discomfort, gagging and/or vomiting are reported. Complications occurred only rarely, such as anterior or posterior epistaxis episodes or vasovagal crises, but these are still easily managed. Exc eptionally, more severe complications are reported: adverse drug reactions to substances such as blue dye (methylene blue) and local anesthetics (not used in our protocol), and laryngospasm.Folia Phoniatr Logop
Source: Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica - January 17, 2022 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research

Complications during Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) in 5680 examinations
Conclusions: FEES proved to be easy to perform, well tolerated by the patients and cost-effective. It can be performed at the patient ’s bedside and it is characterized by low rate of complications. As a matter of fact, normally only discomfort, gagging and/or vomit are reported. Only rarely complications occur, such as anterior or posterior epistaxis episodes or vasovagal crises, but these are still easily managed. Exceptionall y, more severe complications are reported: adverse drug reactions to substances such as blue dye (methylene blue) and local anesthetics (not used in our protocol), and laryngospasm.
Source: Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica - January 17, 2022 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research

Clinical Updates, Tips on Business and Billing, Draw Attendees to ASHA Connect
Editor’s note: This is the first of two posts from the ongoing ASHA Connect Conference in Minneapolis. This post focuses on the health care side of the conference. The second, to come on Monday, will focus on the schools side. For speech-language pathologists in private practice and health care, attending ASHA Connect is a slam-dunk: The sessions give them hands-on information they can use right away. The sessions—smaller and more in-depth than those at the ASHA Annual Convention held in November—offer specific clinical strategies and business tips, attendees say. This is the first year for ASHA Connect, which began...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - July 8, 2016 Category: Speech Therapy Authors: Carol Polovoy Tags: Events Speech-Language Pathology Uncategorized Health Care Source Type: blogs

A Day in the Life of an Acute Care SLP
Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt from a guest blog post that originally appeared on Tactus Therapy. In the post, speech-language pathologist Brenda Arend shares highlights of a typical day working in acute care at Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia, Washington. 8:30 a.m.: Assigning patients The first part of my day is spent opening up patient charts in our EPIC electronic medical record and assigning three SLPs to see patients in our 380-bed hospital. Two or three SLPs cover a caseload that ranges from 15 to 30 patients, although recently we see as many as 42. In addition, we also provide outpatient video fluo...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - June 9, 2016 Category: Speech Therapy Authors: Brenda Arend Tags: Speech-Language Pathology acute care Aphasia Cognitive Rehabilitation Dysphagia Health Care Swallowing Disorders Source Type: blogs

The Feasibility and Outcome of Oro-esophageal Tube Feeding in Patients with Various Etiologies
Abstract The oro-esophageal tube (OE tube) is widely used in dysphagia patients although its success rate for transition to oral feeding is reported only in stroke patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility and outcome of OE tube feeding for patients with dysphagia resulting from various etiologies. The authors reviewed the medical records of 1995 dysphagic patients that had undergone videofluoroscopic swallowing study (VFSS) in a tertiary hospital from April 2002 through December 2009. Of these, 97 patients were recommended to use OE tube feeding based on the VFSS findings. Follow-up VFSS wer...
Source: Dysphagia - August 13, 2015 Category: Speech Therapy Source Type: research

Effect of Electrical Stimulation of the Suprahyoid Muscles in Brain-Injured Patients with Dysphagia
Abstract The purpose of this study is to determine whether neuromuscular electrical stimulation of the suprahyoid muscle is effective compared to that of the infrahyoid muscle in brain-injured patients with dysphagia. A total of 132 patients with stroke, traumatic brain injury, or brain tumor in 2 university hospitals were allocated to 2 groups: those who received electrical stimulation therapy (EST) on the suprahyoid muscles (SM group, n = 66) and those who received EST with one pair of electrodes on the suprahyoid muscle and the other pair on the infrahyoid muscle (SI group, n = 66). Patients received 11.2 ...
Source: Dysphagia - April 27, 2015 Category: Speech Therapy Source Type: research