Dysphagia—A Common, Transient Symptom in Critical Illness Polyneuropathy

Ponfick, Matthias; van der Linden, R.; A. Nowak, Dennis

doi:10.1097/ccm.0000000000000705

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Dysphagia—A Common, Transient Symptom in Critical Illness Polyneuropathy

Published in Critical Care Medicine • Nov 7, 2014

Authors:

Matthias Ponfick

R. van der Linden

Dennis A. Nowak

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: Critical illness polyneuropathy is a common disorder in the neurological ICU. Dysphagia is well known to deteriorate outcome in the ICU. The prevalence of dysphagia in critical illness polyneuropathy is not known. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of dysphagia in criti...

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Medicine

Swallowing

Dysphagia

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