[Swallowing in the elderly : Physiological changes, dysphagia, diagnostics and treatment]. / Schlucken im Alter : Physiologische Veränderungen, Schluckstörungen, Diagnostik und Therapie.
Z Gerontol Geriatr
; 52(3): 279-289, 2019 May.
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| ID: mdl-30968223
ABSTRACT
Increasing age leads to a number of physiological as well as disease-related pathological changes that among others also affect structures involved in swallowing. These changes not only increase the risk of developing dysphagia but as a result can lead to pneumonia, malnutrition, exsiccosis, a relevant impairment of the quality of life and increased mortality. To evaluate the nature and extent of dysphagia, clinical swallowing tests as well as instrumental approaches, such as the endoscopic evaluation of swallowing are available. Depending on the findings from these examinations, the underlying disease and estimation of the individual patient prognosis, several treatment approaches ranging from diet adaptation, logopedic exercises and compensatory maneuvers up to tube feeding are available. The optimal treatment requires close cooperation of all disciplines involved.
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Transtornos de Deglutição
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Deglutição
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Diagnostic_studies
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Aged
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Humans
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Z Gerontol Geriatr
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GERIATRIA
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2019
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Article