Importance of early assessment and multioccupational interventions in sarcopenic dysphagia and aspiration pneumonia

Geriatr Gerontol Int. 2023 Feb;23(2):153-154. doi: 10.1111/ggi.14527. Epub 2022 Dec 22.

Authors

Takako Nagai¹, Hidetaka Wakabayashi², Shinta Nishioka³, Ryo Momosaki⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Nihon University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
² Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
³ Department of Clinical Nutrition and Food Services, Nagasaki Rehabilitation Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan.
⁴ Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Japan.

PMID: 36560884
DOI: 10.1111/ggi.14527

No abstract available

Keywords: activity of daily living; dysphagia; functional prognosis; nutrition; sarcopenia.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Deglutition Disorders* / diagnosis
Deglutition Disorders* / etiology
Deglutition Disorders* / therapy
Humans
Pneumonia, Aspiration* / etiology
Pneumonia, Aspiration* / therapy
Sarcopenia* / complications
Sarcopenia* / diagnosis
Sarcopenia* / therapy