Dysphagia in the intensive care unit in Switzerland (DICE) – results of a national survey on the current standard of care | Zendy

Patrick Zuercher | Zendy; Cline Moret | Zendy; Joerg C. Schefold | Zendy

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Dysphagia in the intensive care unit in Switzerland (DICE) – results of a national survey on the current standard of care

Author(s) -

Patrick Zuercher,

Cline Moret,

Joerg C. Schefold

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

schweizerische medizinische wochenschrift

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 0036-7672

DOI - 10.4414/smw.2019.20111

Subject(s) - medicine , dysphagia , intensive care unit , swallowing , intensive care , aspiration pneumonia , pneumonia , accreditation , intensive care medicine , emergency medicine , mechanical ventilation , pediatrics , surgery , medical education

Many Swiss ICUs have established standard operating procedures, with most using sequential clinical approaches to assess ICU patients at risk of dysphagia. OD confirmation is mostly performed using non-instrumental techniques. In general, it appears that awareness of OD and ICU educational curricula can be further optimised.

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