ArticleCurrent physical medicine and rehabilitation reports2016
To Cough or Not to Cough? Examining the Potential Utility of Cough Testing in the Clinical Evaluation of Swallowing.
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- A Survey of Speech-Language Pathologists' Experience With Clinical Cough Assessment.Perspectives of the ASHA special interest groups · 2021Article
- Assessment of cough in head and neck cancer patients at risk for dysphagia-An overview.Cancer reports (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2021Review
- Reflexive Airway Sensorimotor Responses in Individuals with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.Dysphagia · 2021Article
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- Concordant Validity of a Digital Peak Cough Flow Meter to Assess Voluntary Cough Strength in Individuals with ALS.Dysphagia · 2020Article
- Aerosol generating procedures, dysphagia assessment and COVID-19: A rapid review.International journal of language & communication disorders · 2020Review
- Post-stroke dysphagia: An exploration of initial identification and management performed by nurses and doctors.The South African journal of communication disorders = Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir Kommunikasieafwykings · 2020Article
- Management of Dysphagia in Nursing Homes During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Strategies and Experiences.SN comprehensive clinical medicine · 2020Article
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Abstract
purposeThe clinical swallowing evaluation (CSE) represents a critical component of a comprehensive assessment of deglutition. Although universally utilized across clinical settings, the CSE demonstrates limitations in its ability to accurately identify all individuals with dysphagia. There exists a need to improve assessment and screening techniques to improve health outcomes, treatment recommendations and ultimately mortality in individuals at risk for dysphagia. The following narrative review provides a summary of currently used validated CSE's and examines the potential role of cough testing and screening in the CSE. RECENT
findingsRecent evidence highlights a relationship between objective physiologic measurements of both voluntarily and reflexively induced cough and swallowing safety status across several patient populations. Although more research is needed across a wider range of patient populations to validate these findings; emerging data supports the consideration of inclusion of cough testing during the CSE as an index of airway defense mechanisms and capabilities in individuals at risk for aspiration. SUMMARY: The sensorimotor processes of cough and swallowing share common neuroanatomical and functional substrates. Inclusion of voluntarily or reflexively induced cough testing in the CSE may aide in the identification of dysphagia and reduced airway protection capabilities.
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