Safety-related outcomes for patients with a tracheostomy and the use of flexible endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES) for assessment and management of swallowing: A systematic review.

This systematic review demonstrated low to very low certainty evidence from seven heterogeneous studies with low sample sizes that incorporating FEES may be associated with improved safety-related outcomes. There is less evidence supporting the accuracy of other swallow assessments conducted at the point of care (i.e. CSE and MEBDT). Future research requires studies with larger sample sizes and routine reporting of safety-related outcomes with use of FEES.