TY - JOUR
T1 - Nutrition, dysphagia, and general medical considerations
AU - Swank, T. M.
AU - Bach, J. R.
AU - Ishikawa, Y.
AU - Morris-Tomazavick, S.
AU - Viroslav, J.
PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - Individuals with paralytic or restrictive pulmonary syndromes usually require particular attention to more than one bodily system. Patients with myopathies often have complicating cardiomyopathies and smooth muscle involvement. Bulbar muscle dysfunction can result in pulmonary complications, impaired communication, and malnutrition, which can exacerbate respiratory dysfunction by itself. Because the survival of patients with functional bulbar musculature can be prolonged greatly without resorting to tracheostomy by using physical medicine respiratory muscle aids, complications not associated directly with the primary pathology increasingly need to be addressed.
AB - Individuals with paralytic or restrictive pulmonary syndromes usually require particular attention to more than one bodily system. Patients with myopathies often have complicating cardiomyopathies and smooth muscle involvement. Bulbar muscle dysfunction can result in pulmonary complications, impaired communication, and malnutrition, which can exacerbate respiratory dysfunction by itself. Because the survival of patients with functional bulbar musculature can be prolonged greatly without resorting to tracheostomy by using physical medicine respiratory muscle aids, complications not associated directly with the primary pathology increasingly need to be addressed.
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U2 - 10.1016/s1047-9651(18)30404-2
DO - 10.1016/s1047-9651(18)30404-2
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:0029893980
SN - 1047-9651
VL - 7
SP - 389
EP - 405
JO - Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America
JF - Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America
IS - 2
ER -