Clinics (Sao Paulo). 2020;75:e2021.
Preliminary results of a clinical study to evaluate the performance and safety of swallowing in critical patients with COVID-19
Maíra Santilli de Lima
, Fernanda Chiarion Sassi
, Gisele C. Medeiros
, Ana Paula Ritto
, Claudia Regina Furquim de Andrade
DOI: 10.6061/clinics/2020/e2021
Purpose
We investigated the incidence of dysphagia, its time course, and its association with clinically relevant outcomes in extubated critically ill patients with COVID-19. Our results were compared to those in our database system for non-COVID-19 patients who were also subjected to prolonged orotracheal intubation.
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Preliminary results of a clinical study to evaluate the performance and safety of swallowing in critical patients with COVID-19
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