Converting a clinical indicator on patient missed treatments into a functional quality improvement metric. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2014 Quality Care Symposium. This abstract does not ...

May 30, 2012 (Lisbon, Portugal) — A test to detect swallowing difficulties in patients with stroke is an easy, sensitive, and highly predictive screening tool, a new study shows. Use of the test was ...

FOLLOWING STROKE, PATIENTS MAY HAVE REDUCED DIETARY intake, swallowing impairments (dysphagia) and other neurological deficits that could affect their nutritional and hydration status and lead to ...

Swallowing is a basic function that many of us take for granted — until a problem occurs, making daily tasks like drinking and eating a major challenge. Dysphagia is the medical term used to describe ...