Association Between Early Speech-Language Pathology Consultation and Pneumonia After Cardiac Surgery.

Sowmya KumbleAmber StricklandTherese K ColeJoseph K CannerNicole FrostTim MadeiraDiane AlejoAnne SteeleStefano Schena

Published in: American journal of speech-language pathology (2022)

Patients without pneumonia in the postoperative period were observed to have shorter median time from extubation to speech-language pathology evaluation. Future studies are needed to further understand the impact of early speech-language pathology consultation and incidence of pneumonia in this population.

Keyphrases

autism spectrum disorder
end stage renal disease
palliative care
respiratory failure
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
ejection fraction
peritoneal dialysis
risk factors
patients undergoing
cardiac surgery
prognostic factors
community acquired pneumonia
hearing loss
acute kidney injury
case control