Bedside assessment of swallowing in elderly subjects using psychotropic drugs Avaliação funcional da deglutição do idoso em uso de medicação psicotrópica
Neuroleptic drugs are used in several mental disorders, but are suspected of causing oropharyngeal dysphagia, mainly in the elderly. AIM: To study the effect of neuroleptic agents on swallowing of institutionalized older people. MATERIAL AND METHOD: A cross sectional study of swallowing in 47 subjec...
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| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2011-08-01
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| Series: | Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1808-86942011000400019 |