Systematic dysphagia screening of elderly persons in the emergency department—a feasibility study

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• who: Dorte Melgaard et al. from the Centre for Clinical Research, North Denmark Regional Hospital, Hjoerring, DenmarkDepartment of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark have published the research: Systematic Dysphagia Screening of Elderly Persons in the Emergency Department—A Feasibility Study, in the Journal: Geriatrics 2020, 5, 75 of /2020/
• what: This study demonstrated that it is feasible to perform dysphagia screening of elderly persons by a nurse in the ED but there are severe limitations according to screening patients with critical illness and patients fasting before surgery in the ED. Bedside screening is typically . . .
  

   

  

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