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practice applications Business of Dietetics| Volume 110, ISSUE 9, P1293, September 2010

Registered Dietitians and Speech-Language Pathologists: An Important Partnership in Dysphagia Management

      Swallowing difficulties, termed dysphagia, result in unsafe swallowing, and thus increase risk for inadequate food and fluid intake, aspiration pneumonia, and decreased cognitive and internal organ function. Swallowing is a complex process that relies on a series of well-timed and coordinated neuromuscular events. Initiation of swallowing is voluntary, but it is completed reflexively. Swallowing difficulties result from the delay, misdirection, or miscoordination of food and/or liquid as the material is transferred from the mouth to the stomach (
      • Crary M.A.
      • Groher M.E.
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      ,
      • Leonard R.
      • Kendall K.
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      ,
      • Arvedson J.C.
      • Brodsky L.
      Pediatric Swallowing and Feeding: Assessment and Management.
      ). Eating often requires increased time and effort for the patient with dysphagia. Difficulties may result in a fear of eating or drinking, which in turn can limit food intake and lead to malnutrition, dehydration, and general decline.
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