Pedi
Impaired oral intake that is not age-appropriate is called a pediatric ____ disorder.
What is a feeding disorder
At end of life, the role of the SLP is focused on this.
What is comfort and symptom control?
Patients lose this much muscle mass per day during illness.
2-4%
A surgical opening in the trachea is called a ____.
Tracheotomy
Heightened, overwhelming sensory responses.
Hypersensitive
This condition causes floppy laryngeal tissue in infants.
What is laryngomalacia?
There is no evidence that tube feeding improves this.
What is life expectancy / survival?
Improves lung volumes to support swallowing.
This brand is silicone and flexible with a tight-to-shaft cuff.
Bivona
Patient is instructed to swallow as hard as possible.
Effortful Swallow
A chronic lung disease often caused by long-term ventilation in infants.
A chronic lung disease often caused by long-term ventilation in infants.
Tube feeding can actually increase this risk.
What is aspiration pneumonia?
Improves cough strength and vocal fold closure.
EMST
A one-way valve that allows inhalation through the trach and exhalation through the mouth.
Speaking valve
Identify what happens before and after behavior (ABC).
Antecedent / Behavior / Consequence
These children are 9.5x more likely to have EoE.
Who are children with ASD?
This legal/ethical right allows patients to decline treatment.
What is the right to refuse care?
Device that trains BOTH IMT and EMST.
The Breather
First step before placing a speaking valve
Deflate cuff
Head lifted to look at toes while shoulders stay down.
Shaker
A condition involving avoidance of food due to sensory, fear-based, or low-interest causes.
What is ARFID
An alternative to tube feeding focused on patient comfort.
What is careful hand/comfort feeding?
RMT cannot be done if the patient has this.
Pneumothorax / not medically stable
Gold standard speaking valve
Passy Muir
During the Patriots game, there was a commercial related to a topic we learned about. What was it about?
EoE