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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.
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Abstract

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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.

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Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1992

References

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