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Dysphagia Severity and Management in Patients with COVID-19.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.
- Dysphagia Phenotypes in COVID-19 Pneumonia Versus Aspiration Pneumonia: A Retrospective Quantitative Videofluoroscopic Cohort Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Article
- Abnormal Swallowing Characteristics in COVID-19 Patients.Dysphagia · 2025Article
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- Therapeutic approach to dysphagia in post-COVID patients in a rehabilitation unit: a descriptive longitudinal study.European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine · 2024Observational
- Dysphagia in post Covid-19 Patients- a Prospective Cohort Study.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2023Article
- A Predictive Model for Dysphagia after Ventilator Liberation in Severe Pneumonia Patients Receiving Tracheostomy: A Single-Center, Observational Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Current opinion of presentation of dysphagia and dysphonia in patients with coronavirus disease 2019.Current opinion in otolaryngology & head and neck surgery · 2022Review
- Evaluation of the predictive factors of the short-term effects of a multidisciplinary rehabilitation in COVID-19 survivors.The Journal of international medical research · 2022Article
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
COVID-19 has resulted in unprecedented numbers of patients treated at intensive care units (ICUs). Dysphagia is a key concern in critical illness survivors. We investigated the severity of dysphagia in COVID-19 and the need to adapt practices to provide efficient care. We reviewed the literature on COVID-19, post-critical-illness dysphagia, and dysphagia and tracheostomy guidelines during the pandemic. Critically ill COVID-19 patients present a high incidence of dysphagia, aggravated by respiratory distress, deconditioning, and neurological complications. Mechanical ventilation (MV), delirium, sedation and weakness are worse in COVID-19 than in other etiologies of critical care. In awake patients, respiratory compromise impairs breathing-swallowing-coughing coordination. Tracheostomy reduces laryngopharyngeal trauma, sedation, delirium, ICU stay and improves swallowing rehabilitation. Tracheostomy weaning and swallowing evaluation is complex in COVID-19 due to respiratory instability and a team discussion will guide adaptations. Patients assessed in the ICU were 67% recommended to be nil by mouth (were aspirating). Two months following hospital discharge, 83% of those who had undergone tracheostomy were managing a normal diet. Severely ill COVID-19 patients are expected to regain swallow function. Dysphagia care is based on adaptation of practices to the patients' multiple impairments.
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