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ArticleAnnals of medicine and surgery (2012)2021

Dysphagic disorder in a cohort of COVID-19 patients: Evaluation and evolution.

Samuele Ceruti, Andrea Glotta, Anna Galli, Maira Biggiogero, Giovanni Bona, Romano Mauri, Andrea Saporito, Xavier Capdevila

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Article in Annals of medicine and surgery (2012), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Samuele CerutiClinica Luganese Moncucco, Critical Care Department, Via Moncucco, 10 - 6900, Lugano, Switzerland.
Andrea GlottaClinica Luganese Moncucco, Critical Care Department, Via Moncucco, 10 - 6900, Lugano, Switzerland.
Anna GalliClinica Luganese Moncucco, Physiotherapy Service, Via Moncucco, 10 - 6900, Lugano, Switzerland.
Maira BiggiogeroClinica Luganese Moncucco, Clinical Research Unit, Via Moncucco, 10 - 6900, Lugano, Switzerland.
Giovanni BonaClinica Luganese Moncucco, Clinical Research Unit, Via Moncucco, 10 - 6900, Lugano, Switzerland.
Romano MauriClinica Luganese Moncucco, Critical Care Department, Via Moncucco, 10 - 6900, Lugano, Switzerland.
Andrea SaporitoBellinzona Regional Hospital, Service of Anesthesia, Bellinzona, Switzerland.
Xavier CapdevilaCentre Hospitalier Universitaire de Montpellier, Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, 191 Av. du Doyen Gaston Giraud, 34295, Montpellier, France.

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backgroundCOVID-19 is a multisystem disease complicated by respiratory failure requiring sustanined mechanical ventilation (MV). Prolongued oro-tracheal intubation is associated to an increased risk of dysphagia and bronchial aspiration. Purpose of this study was to investigate swallowing disorders in critically ill COVID-19 patients. MATERIAL AND

methodsThis was a retrospective study analysing a consecutive cohort of COVID-19 patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of our hospital. Data concerning dysphagia were collected according to the

resultsFrom March 2 to April 30, 2020, 31 consecutive critically ill COVID-19 patients admitted to ICU were evaluated by speech and language therapists (SLT). Twenty-five of them were on MV (61% through endotracheal tube and 19% through tracheostomy); median MV length was 11 days. Seventeen (54.8%) patients presented dysphagia; a correlation was found between first GUSS severity stratification and MV days (p < 0.001), ICU LOS (p < 0.001), age (p = 0.03) and tracheostomy (p = 0.042). No other correlations were found. At 16 days, 90% of patients had fully recovered; a significant improvement was registered especially during the first week (p < 0.001).

conclusionCompared to non-COVID-19 patiens, a higher rate of dysphagia was reported in COVID-19 patients, with a more rapid and complete recovery. A systematic early SLT evaluation of COVID-19 patients on MV may thus be useful to prevent dysphagia-related complications.

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Deglutition disordersDysphagiaIntensive care unitsMechanical ventilationTracheostomy

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