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A preliminary comparison of videofluoroscopy of swallow and pulse oximetry in the identification of aspiration in dysphagic patients
Author(s) -
SELLARS CAMERON,
DUNNET CATHERINE,
CARTER ROGER
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
international journal of language and communication disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.101
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1460-6984
pISSN - 1368-2822
DOI - 10.1111/j.1460-6984.1995.tb01727.x
Subject(s) - pulse oximetry , dysphagia , oxygenation , medicine , swallowing , anesthesia , surgery
Pulse oximetry has recently received attention in the dysphagia literature on account of its possible contribution to the management of neurogenic dysphagia. The present study was devised to examine whether pulse oximetry could be exploited to determine episodes of aspiration in patients with known dysphagia of neurological origin. To this end, pulse oximetry was undertaken in six patients undergoing videofluoroscopic study of swallow. Normal controls also underwent pulse oximetry during feeding. The results indicate that there is no clear‐cut relationship between changes in arterial oxygenation and aspiration. Some support, however, is found for altered arterial oxygenation being associated with oral feeding in dysphagic individuals. Further research in both normal subjects and compromised individuals is required.