Oropharyngeal dysphagia as a risk factor for malnutrition and lower respiratory tract infection in independently living older persons: a population-based prospective study | Zendy

Mateu SerraPrat | Zendy; Marcia Rodríguez Palomera | Zendy; Catalina Gómez | Zendy; D. Sar-Shalom | Zendy; A. Saiz | Zendy; José G. Montoya | Zendy; Maria Navajas | Zendy; Elísabet Palomera | Zendy; Père Clavé | Zendy

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Oropharyngeal dysphagia as a risk factor for malnutrition and lower respiratory tract infection in independently living older persons: a population-based prospective study

Author(s) -

Mateu SerraPrat,

Marcia Rodríguez Palomera,

Catalina Gómez,

D. Sar-Shalom,

A. Saiz,

José G. Montoya,

Maria Navajas,

Elísabet Palomera,

Père Clavé

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

age and ageing

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014

H-Index - 143

eISSN - 1468-2834

pISSN - 0002-0729

DOI - 10.1093/ageing/afs006

Subject(s) - medicine , malnutrition , dysphagia , incidence (geometry) , population , risk factor , prospective cohort study , respiratory tract infections , lower respiratory tract infection , pediatrics , physical therapy , surgery , respiratory system , physics , environmental health , optics

o assess the role of oropharyngeal dysphagia (OD) as a risk factor for malnutrition and/or lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) in the independently-living population of 70 years and over.

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