ArticleBMJ open2015
Associations between chronic diseases and choking deaths among older adults in the USA: a cross-sectional study using multiple cause mortality data from 2009 to 2013.
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Foreign Body Airway Obstruction, Incidence, Survival EMS-treatment and First Aid Treatment by Laypersons
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Psychopathological aspects of dysphagia: a systematic review on correlations with eating disorders and other psychiatric conditions.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2022Pooled it
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- A brainstem map of orofacial rhythms.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Detection of Airway Obstruction Caused by Mochi in a Decomposed Body Using Postmortem CT.Cureus · 2024Article
- Knowledge and misconceptions of choking and first-aid procedures among Syrian adults: A cross-sectional study.SAGE open medicine · 2024Article
- Validation of ICD-10 codes for studying foreign body airway obstructions: A health administrative data cohort study.Resuscitation plus · 2023Article
- Risk factors and prevention of choking.European journal of translational myology · 2023Article
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- Swallowing Disorders in Schizophrenia.Dysphagia · 2017Review
- [Somatic morbidity in the mentally ill].Der Nervenarzt · 2016Review
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Abstract
objectivesTo examine whether the strengths of the associations between chronic diseases and overall choking differ from those of the associations between chronic diseases and only food-related choking.
designThis cross-sectional study used nationwide multiple cause mortality files.
settingThe USA.
participantsOlder adults aged 65 years or more died between 2009 and 2013.
main outcome measuresMortality ratio (observed/expected) of number of deaths from both causes (chronic diseases and choking) and 95% CIs.
resultsWe identified 76543 deaths for which the death certificates report choking (International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes W78, W79 and W80 combined) as a cause of death and only 4974 (6.5%) deaths were classified as food-related choking (ICD-10 code W79). Schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease and oral cancer are four chronic diseases that had significant associations with both overall and food-related choking. Stroke, larynx cancer and mood (affective) disorders had significant associations with overall choking, but not with food-related choking.
conclusionsWe suggest using overall choking instead of only food-related choking to better describe the associations between chronic diseases and choking.
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