A prospective examination of swallow and cough dysfunction after lung transplantation.
Justine Dallal-YorkKayla CroftAmber AndersonLauren DiBiaseCara DonohueTerrie VasilopoulosAbbas ShahmohammadiAndres PelaezMauricio PipkinKaren W HeglandTiago N MachucaEmily K PlowmanPublished in: Neurogastroenterology and motility : the official journal of the European Gastrointestinal Motility Society (2022)
During the acute recovery period, all LT participants demonstrated some degree of unsafe swallowing and reduced voluntary cough strength. Silent aspirators exhibited elevated RR, reduced voluntary cough physiologic capacity to defend the airway, and a clinically distinguishable blunted motor response to reflex cough screening.