PROPOSAL FOR DYSPHAGIA ASSESSMENT IN PATIENTS WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AT A REFERENCE CENTER IN THE CENTER-WEST OF BRAZIL
Journal Title: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PURE MEDICAL RESEARCH - Year 2018, Vol 3, Issue 5
Abstract
Dysphagia is generally underestimated by patients with Multiple Sclerosis and has a known prevalence in 30 to 40% of cases. The management of swallowing reduces the risks of dehydration, malnutrition, pulmonary alterations and death. The aim of this study was to perform the evaluation of swallowing in patients with Multiple Sclerosis at a Reference and Research Center in Multiple Sclerosis of a university hospital in the center-west of Brazil. A crosssectional study was carried out between July 2015 and March 2016, with 73 adult and elderly patients. It was analised the oral motor system and vocal evaluation. The functional evaluation of swallowing were performed using liquid-pasty, liquid, pasty and solid food consistencies. Dysphagia was found in 30.14% of the patients, with signicant alterations in the qualication and propulsion of the food bolus and impairment of the oral and pharyngeal phases of swallowing.
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Inez J L Amaral, Denise S Diniz, Valeriana C Guimarães, Marcos Alexandre Diniz Carneiro
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