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Milk nasendoscopy in the assessment of dysphagia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

P. S. Wilson
Affiliation:
P. S. Wilson, F.R.C.S., Senior ENT Registrar, ENT Department, North Staffordshire Royal Infirmary, Princes Road, Hartshill, Stoke on Trent.
T. J. Hoare
Affiliation:
P. S. Wilson, F.R.C.S., Senior ENT Registrar, ENT Department, North Staffordshire Royal Infirmary, Princes Road, Hartshill, Stoke on Trent.
A. P. Johnson
Affiliation:
P. S. Wilson, F.R.C.S., Senior ENT Registrar, ENT Department, North Staffordshire Royal Infirmary, Princes Road, Hartshill, Stoke on Trent.

Abstract

The bedside assessment of dysphagia may be difficult, due to the inability to witness the act of swallowing directly. The milk test described in this paper gives a good assessment of swallowing, is cheap and easily portable and allows an instant decision to be made without recourse to special investigations.

Type
Main Articles
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1992

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