Use of Maximum Tongue Pressure Values to Examine the Presence of Dysphagia after Extubation and Prevent Aspiration Pneumonia in Elderly Emergency Patients.
Ryo IchibayashiHideki SekiyaKosuke KanekoMitsuru HondaPublished in: Journal of clinical medicine (2022)
The presence of post-extubation dysphagia in patients who are intubated for ≥24 h can be predicted based on age and the MTP values at 6 h after extubation.