Assessment of swallowing function with oro-pharyngeal-esophageal scintigraphy in patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies.

Simone BarsottiGiulia PucciniAlessandra TripoliChiara CardelliFabrizio MinichilliDuccio VolterraniMarta MoscaMariano GrossoRossella Neri

Published in: Neurogastroenterology and motility : the official journal of the European Gastrointestinal Motility Society (2019)

Our results showed that OPES may represent a novel reproducible tool to assess dysphagia in IIM patients, thus opening new possibilities to evaluate dysphagia in these patients.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
patient reported outcomes
patient reported
clinical evaluation