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International Journal of Chronic... 2015Patients with respiratory diseases, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), may have swallowing dysfunction.
BACKGROUND
Patients with respiratory diseases, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), may have swallowing dysfunction.
OBJECTIVE
The aim of this investigation was to evaluate the oral and pharyngeal phases of swallowing in patients with COPD.
METHODS
We studied 16 patients with clinical manifestations and pulmonary function tests diagnosis of COPD (mean age: 68 years) and 15 nonsmoking healthy volunteers (mean age: 65 years) with normal pulmonary function tests. All subjects were submitted to clinical and videofluoroscopic evaluation of swallowing. Each subject performed in duplicate swallows of 5 mL and 10 mL of liquid bolus, paste bolus, and a solid bolus.
RESULTS
In general, the duration of the events of the pharyngeal phase of swallowing was longer in COPD patients than controls. The difference was significant in the laryngeal vestibular closure, hyoid movement, and pharyngeal transit with swallows of both volumes of liquid bolus; in oral-pharyngeal transit with 5 mL paste bolus; and in pharyngeal and oral-pharyngeal transit with solid bolus. The difference between the duration of maximal laryngeal elevation and the duration of pharyngeal transit was higher in control subjects than in patients with COPD.
CONCLUSION
The results suggested that patients with COPD have a longer pharyngeal swallowing phase than normal subjects, which is associated with a decrease in the difference between the duration of maximal laryngeal elevation and the duration of pharyngeal transit.
Topics: Aged; Case-Control Studies; Deglutition; Deglutition Disorders; Female; Fluoroscopy; Gastrointestinal Transit; Humans; Larynx; Male; Middle Aged; Pharynx; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive; Time Factors; Video Recording
PubMed: 25784795
DOI: 10.2147/COPD.S74945 -
BMJ Case Reports Jun 2020
Topics: Adult; Animals; Humans; Male; Pharyngeal Diseases; Rhinosporidiosis; Rhinosporidium
PubMed: 32554456
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2020-236404 -
The British Journal of General Practice... Sep 2003
Topics: Esophageal Diseases; Esophagitis, Peptic; Esophagogastric Junction; Humans; Pharyngeal Diseases
PubMed: 15103872
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of... Jun 1968
Topics: Animals; Diagnosis, Differential; Dogs; Female; Humans; Male; Nose; Nose Diseases; Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases; Pharyngeal Diseases; Respiration; Sleep; Sleep Deprivation; Stress, Physiological; Tonsillar Neoplasms
PubMed: 5662208
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Archives of Disease in Childhood Oct 1991Of 31 children with retropharyngeal abscess treated at this hospital between 1954 and 1990, 17 (55%) were 12 months old or less and 10 (32%) less than 6 months. Three of...
Of 31 children with retropharyngeal abscess treated at this hospital between 1954 and 1990, 17 (55%) were 12 months old or less and 10 (32%) less than 6 months. Three of these 10 children were neonates, only one of whom had a predisposing congenital lesion. Fourteen children (45%) had a preceding upper respiratory illness and four (13%) had a prior history of pharyngeal trauma or ingestion of a foreign body. In children less than 1 year old the clinical presentation was usually classical with fever, neck swelling, stridor, and pharyngeal swelling. Significantly fewer children over 1 year had neck swelling and no child over 3 years old had stridor. A lateral radiograph of the neck, when performed, had a sensitivity of 88% in diagnosis. Bacteria isolated included pure growths of Staphylococcus aureus (25%), klebsiella species (13%), group A streptococcus (8%), and a mixture of Gram negative and anaerobic organisms (38%). There were two deaths. In six cases (24%) the abscess recurred necessitating further surgical drainage.
Topics: Abscess; Child; Child, Preschool; Female; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Klebsiella Infections; Male; Pharyngeal Diseases; Pharynx; Staphylococcal Infections
PubMed: 1953008
DOI: 10.1136/adc.66.10.1227 -
Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology 2018
Topics: Chronic Disease; Cough; Humans; Hypersensitivity; Laryngeal Diseases; Laryngopharyngeal Reflux; Pharyngeal Diseases; Vagus Nerve Diseases
PubMed: 29853310
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjorl.2018.04.001 -
The New England Journal of Medicine Sep 1999
Review
Topics: Anthrax; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Bacillus anthracis; Diagnosis, Differential; Gastrointestinal Diseases; Glucocorticoids; Humans; Mediastinal Diseases; Meningitis, Bacterial; Mouth Diseases; Pharyngeal Diseases; Skin Diseases, Bacterial; Virulence
PubMed: 10477781
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199909093411107 -
Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging Feb 2016
Topics: Humans; Lithiasis; Male; Middle Aged; Palatine Tonsil; Pharyngeal Diseases
PubMed: 26441018
DOI: 10.1016/j.diii.2013.02.017 -
European Annals of Otorhinolaryngology,... Apr 2013
Topics: Airway Obstruction; Child; Humans; Lip; Pharyngeal Diseases; Postoperative Care; Suture Techniques; Tongue; Tongue Diseases
PubMed: 23273416
DOI: 10.1016/j.anorl.2012.07.006 -
Canadian Medical Association Journal Nov 1963Dysphagia associated with cricopharyngeal achalasia and pharyngeal diverticulum appears in many cases to be secondary to hypertrophy and imperfect function of the...
Dysphagia associated with cricopharyngeal achalasia and pharyngeal diverticulum appears in many cases to be secondary to hypertrophy and imperfect function of the cricopharyngeus muscle. Sutherland has recently suggested and carried out a posterior midline myotomy of the cricopharyngeus with strikingly beneficial improvement in dysphagia due to this cause. An example of cricopharyngeal achalasia, for which the Sutherland procedure has been carried out, is reported.
Topics: Bursa, Synovial; Deglutition Disorders; Dental Care; Esophageal Achalasia; Fascia; Humans; Hypertrophy; Muscles; Pharyngeal Diseases; Pharyngeal Muscles; Pharynx; Surgical Procedures, Operative; Tendons; Torso; Zenker Diverticulum
PubMed: 14079127
DOI: No ID Found