Effect of a gum-based thickener on the safety of swallowing in patients with poststroke oropharyngeal dysphagia.
Mireia Bolivar-PradosLaia RofesViridiana ArreolaSonia GuidaWeslania Viviane NascimentoAlberto MartinNatàlia VilardellOmar Ortega FernándezDina RipkenMirian LansinkPere ClavéPublished in: Neurogastroenterology and motility : the official journal of the European Gastrointestinal Motility Society (2019)
The prevalence of unsafe swallow with thin liquids is very high in PSOD. Increasing shear bolus viscosity with this xanthan gum-based thickener significantly increased the safety of swallow in patients with PSOD in a viscosity-dependent manner without increasing the prevalence of pharyngeal residue.
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