Evidence map›Paper›PMID 31508201›Full record

ReviewF1000Research2019

Recent advances in dysphagia management.

Joseph Triggs, John Pandolfino

Open access · goldAbstract readReview
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Review in F1000Research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
27citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
6.1field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 59 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Machine learning-based screening tool for predicting the risk of oropharyngeal dysphagia in patients with ischemic stroke.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2026
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  7. Dysphagia Among Children-A Single-Center Experience.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025
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  11. Age-defying swallowing.Frontiers in aging · 2025
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  15. Weighing up the pros and cons of dysphagia triage in South Africa.The South African journal of communication disorders = Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir Kommunikasieafwykings · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Joseph TriggsDepartment of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Northwestern Medicine, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, 676 St Clair Street, Suite 14-009, Chicago, IL, 60611-2951, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2692-6077
John PandolfinoDepartment of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Northwestern Medicine, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, 676 St Clair Street, Suite 14-009, Chicago, IL, 60611-2951, USA.
Northwestern University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The literal definition of dysphagia is "disturbed eating". However, it is more accurately described in clinical practice as a sensation of food or liquid being stuck in the esophagus or chest. If this sensation is associated with pain, it is labeled odynophagia, and if it is associated with persistent obstruction and bolus retention, it is categorized as a food impaction. Through research and technological advances, we continue to expand our understanding of the etiologies and underlying pathophysiology relating to this complaint. However, for now, our clinical algorithms focus on endoscopy and manometry to break down dysphagia into three categories: obstructive dysphagia, esophageal motility disorders, and functional dysphagia. Here, we review some critical pitfalls in our current clinical diagnoses, new proposed underlying mechanisms of esophageal motor disorders, and developing technologies to aid in diagnosis and treatment.

Indexed as

Deglutition DisordersEsophageal Motility DisordersHumansManometryMuscle ContractiondysphagiaEGJOOesophagusFLIPjackhammermanometry

Identifiers

PMID31508201
PMCPMC6719674
OpenAlexW2971342139

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Registered trials

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