Innovative Interventions to Improve Swallowing in Patients with Dysphagia and Aspiration
A special issue of Healthcare (ISSN 2227-9032). This special issue belongs to the section "Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2024 | Viewed by 1102
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
It has been exactly 30 years since I have been involved in the evaluation and rehabilitation of dysphagia. During that time, the understanding of swallowing functions and the systematization of its evaluation methods and rehabilitation have undergone remarkable developments. Moreover, the importance of a multidisciplinary team approach has been emphasized, and the decision that a patient is "unable to eat" is no longer made by a single medical professional. On the other hand, techniques used for the functional recovery of dysphagia are still biased by their careers, and the opinions of highly specialized individuals are also important. Therefore, we have attempted to create a special feature with the overarching goal of highlighting ‘Innovative Interventions to Improve Swallowing’, so that even if a highly specialized member of the team is not available, it can be used as a reference. We welcome original papers and review articles on various aspects of systemizing monitoring and intervention for dysphagia; oral appliances and rehabilitation machines; new swallowing function assessments; new approaches related to medications, oral care, taste, smell, and hot and cold stimuli; as well as other trending topics.
Dr. Hideki Sekiya
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- aspiration
- dysphagia
- rehabilitation
- frailty
- sarcopenia
- choking
