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This term describes impaired oral intake that is not age appropriate and involves medical, nutritional, feeding skill, and/or psychosocial dysfunction.
What is PFD?
These three broad dysphagia management domains are...
What is compensation, rehabilitation, and prevention
Unlike GERD, this reflux disorder reaches the larynx and pharynx.
What is LPR?
This standardized international framework classifies liquid thickness and food texture levels.
What is IDDSI?
This jaw-opening limitation may occur after head and neck cancer treatment.
What is trismus?
An ideal young infant suck-swallow-breathe coordination ratio is...
What is 1:1:1?
This exercise is often preferred over Shaker when targeting UES opening and hyolaryngeal excursion in weaker patients.
What is CTAR (Chin Tuck Against Resistance)?
This condition occurs when gastric contents reflux into the esophagus and irritate the lining.
What is Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease?
When using a Provale cup or safe straw, the main goal is controlling this variable.
What is bolus volume?
This respiratory disease often causes poor swallow-breath coordination and increased dysphagia risk.
What is Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease?
Two early hunger cues in infants
What is rooting, alertness, clenched fists, mouthing hands
This is considered a prevention strategy because it reduces bacterial load associated with aspiration pneumonia risk.
What is regular oral care / tooth brushing?
Pills lodging in the esophagus and damaging mucosa describe this condition.
What is pill esophagitis?
This ethical/legal process requires discussing risks, benefits, and alternatives before recommending thickened liquids.
What is informed consent?
This type of dysphagia results from medical treatment or procedures such as ACDF, thyroidectomy, or prolonged intubation.
What is iatrogenic dysphagia?
In Ellyn Satter’s model, the caregiver decides what, when, and where food is offered, while the child decides these two things.
What are whether to eat and how much to eat?
This exercise can be both compensatory and rehabilitative and aims to increase pharyngeal pressure and tongue base retraction.
What is the effortful swallow?
This procedure stretches narrowed areas of the esophagus caused by stricture.
What is esophageal dilation?
In order to champion patient autonomy, providers should avoid labeling their patients as....
What is non-compliant?
This cancer treatment commonly causes mucositis, xerostomia, and later fibrosis affecting swallowing.
What is radiation therapy?
This should be considered when evaluating a premature infant’s developmental feeding milestones.
What is corrected/adjusted age?
This swallow exercise prolongs laryngeal elevation during the swallow.
What is the Mendelsohn maneuver?
These three major categories of esophageal dysphagia causes are structural abnormalities, motility disorders, and this third category.
What are inflammatory/infectious causes?
This treatment planning framework includes the patient’s values, preferences, and life goals.
What is shared decision-making?
Prolonged endotracheal intubation increases risk of dysphagia and this type of vocal fold lesion.
Intubation granulomas