Apraisal of the diagnostic value of the gag reflex in patients with neurogenic oropharyngeal dysphagia

Juan Camilo Suárez-Escudero Sofia Illatopa José Luis Echeverri Santiago Zapata Jose Bareño-Silva Jorge Luis Sánchez

Published in: Biomedica : revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud (2024)

The gag reflex absence or presence does not confirm or exclude the existence of oropharyngeal dysphagia due to neurological and neuromuscular causes. Therefore, health professionals must not rely on this reflex. Clinicians must go beyond a simple reflex revision, even in neurological patients where it is supposed to be absent.

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