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ReviewDysphagia2023

Position Statement of the Union of European Phoniatricians (UEP): Fees and Phoniatricians' Role in Multidisciplinary and Multiprofessional Dysphagia Management Team.

Doris-Maria Denk-Linnert, Daniele Farneti, Tadeus Nawka, Antoinette Am Zehnhoff-Dinnesen, Mieke Moerman, Patrick Zorowka, Mohamed Farahat, Antonio Schindler, Ahmed Geneid

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Review in Dysphagia, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 9 institutions in 6 countries.

Doris-Maria Denk-LinnertDivision of Phoniatrics and Speech-Language Therapy, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, University Hospital Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria. doris-maria.denk-linnert@meduniwien.ac.at.ORCID 0000-0003-4119-529X
Daniele FarnetiAudiology and Phoniatrics Department - Romagna Health Service, Rimini Hospital, Rimini, Italy.
Tadeus NawkaDepartment of Audiology and Phoniatrics, Charité-Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany.
Antoinette Am Zehnhoff-DinnesenDepartment of Phoniatrics and Pedaudiology, University Hospital, Münster, Germany.
Mieke MoermanPrivate practice, Sint-Martens-Latem, Belgium.
Patrick ZorowkaDepartment of Hearing, Speech and Voice Disorders, Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria.
Mohamed FarahatDepartment of Otolaryngology, Research Chair of Voice, Swallowing and Communication Disorders, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Antonio SchindlerDepartment of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, L. Sacco, Phoniatric Unit, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
Ahmed GeneidDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology and Phoniatrics-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin · DECustodix (Belgium) · BEInnsbruck Medical University · ATKing Saud University · SAOspedale Infermi di Rimini · ITUniversity Hospital Münster · DEUniversity of Helsinki · FIUniversity of Milan · ITVienna General Hospital · AT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The need for multidisciplinary and multiprofessional management of dysphagia is constantly increasing and creating a major challenge for healthcare professionals and society, especially in terms of professional expertise and human resources. The distribution of tasks among the dysphagia team members, which includes phoniatricians, otolaryngologists, and speech-language therapists, is flexible and overlapping. For assessing dysphagia, the (fibreoptic) flexible endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES), with or without videofluoroscopy, is a pivotal diagnostic tool. This position paper aims to illustrate the phoniatrician's role in performing a FEES, which is an indispensable component of the diagnostic workup of patients suffering from oropharyngeal dysphagia. It is based on the current collaborative expert view of the Swallowing Committee of the Union of European Phoniatricians and a literature review. A FEES is one of the core competences of phoniatricians due to their endoscopic expertise and experience in the field of dysphagia and diseases of the upper aerodigestive tract. Therefore, the phoniatrician is an important member of the dysphagia team, for the medical diagnostics of the aerodigestive tract and dysphagia as well as for FEES. Phoniatric competence is especially important for head and neck cancer patients, infants, and complex cases.

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Deglutition DisordersDeglutitionEndoscopyFiber Optic TechnologyHealth PersonnelHumansInfantDysphagia managementFEES (flexible (fibreoptic) endoscopic evaluation of swallowing)Multidisciplinary and multiprofessional dysphagia teamOtolaryngologyPhoniatricsSpeech-language pathology

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PMID35972695
PMCPMC9379897
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