Open AccessEffectiveness of Water Jelly Ingestion for Both Rehabilitation and Prevention of Aspiration Pneumonia in Elderly Patients With Moderate to Severe Dysphagia
Author(s) -
Atsushi Morita,
Akira Horiuchi,
Ichitaro Horiuchi,
Hidetoshi Takada
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of clinical gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.141
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1539-2031
pISSN - 0192-0790
DOI - 10.1097/mcg.0000000000001493
Subject(s) - medicine , dysphagia , ingestion , aspiration pneumonia , pneumonia , swallowing , rehabilitation , incidence (geometry) , surgery , retrospective cohort study , physical therapy , physics , optics
We evaluated the effectiveness of water jelly ingestion for both rehabilitation and the prevention of aspiration pneumonia in a retrospective analysis of elderly patients with moderate to severe dysphagia.