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Dysphagia and Associated Respiratory Considerations in Cervical Spinal Cord Injury

Author(s) -

Edward Chaw,

Kazuko Shem,

Kathleen Castillo,

Sandra Wong,

James Chang

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

topics in spinal cord injury rehabilitation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597

H-Index - 35

eISSN - 1945-5763

pISSN - 1082-0744

DOI - 10.1310/sci1804-291

Subject(s) - medicine , dysphagia , swallowing , pneumonia , aspiration pneumonia , intensive care medicine , physical therapy , surgery

Dysphagia is a relatively common secondary complication that occurs after acute cervical spinal cord injury (SCI). The detrimental consequences of dysphagia in SCI include transient hypoxemia, chemical pneumonitis, atelectasis, bronchospasm, and pneumonia. The expedient diagnosis of dysphagia is imperative to reduce the risk of the development of life-threatening complications.

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