Open AccessDetermination of the cut-off score of an endoscopic scoring method to predict whether elderly patients with dysphagia can eat pureed diets
Author(s) -
Torao Sakamoto,
Akira Horiuchi,
Toshiyuki Makino,
Masashi Kajiyama,
Naoki Tanaka,
Masamitsu Hyodo
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
world journal of gastrointestinal endoscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1948-5190
DOI - 10.4253/wjge.v8.i6.288
Subject(s) - medicine , dysphagia , swallowing , endoscope , receiver operating characteristic , epiglottis , pharyngeal reflex , surgery , endoscopy , larynx
To identify the cut-off value for predicting the ability of elderly patients with dysphagia to swallow pureed diets using a new endoscopy scoring method.