ALLMedicine™ Dysphagia Center

Dec 2nd, 2021 - Malnutrition as a result of insufficient intake or uptake of nutrition leads to increasing rate of chronic diseases such as stroke. Stroke is one of the most common causes of death in western countries and its increasing trend has attracted lots o...

Dec 2nd, 2021 - To provide an overview of patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) and summarize their role in assessing undifferentiated dysphagia and common esophageal disorders, including achalasia, eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), and gastroesophageal reflux ...

Dec 2nd, 2021 - The neurologic manifestations of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are wide-ranging, including various cranial neuropathies, beyond anosmia and dysgeusia, the exact neuropathological mechanism of which are yet unknown. Acute cranial nerve (CN) X...

Nov 30th, 2021 - The diagnosis is squamous cell carcinoma. A central or hilar mass is most likely to be a squamous cell carcinoma or a small cell tumor and less commonly an adenocarcinoma.

Nov 30th, 2021 - To evaluate the risk factors for dysphagia after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) with the Zero-P Implant System by multidimensional analysis and investigated the predictive values of these risk factors for dysphagia. A retrospective...

Nov 20th, 2021 - Epigastric pain can have multiple etiologies including myocardial infarction, pancreatitis, acute aortic syndromes, gastroesophageal reflux disease, esophagitis, peptic ulcer disease, gastritis, duodenal ulcer disease, gastric cancer, and hiatal h...

Aug 11th, 2020 - Achalasia is an esophageal motility disorder characterized by aberrant peristalsis and insufficient relaxation of the lower esophageal sphincter. Patients most commonly present with dysphagia to solids and liquids, regurgitation, and occasional ch...

Aug 10th, 2020 - Esophageal symptoms are common and may indicate the presence of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), structural processes, motor dysfunction, behavioral conditions, or functional disorders. Esophageal physiologic tests are often performed when ...

Aug 2nd, 2020 - On April 14, the Society of Swallowing and Dysphagia of Japan (SSDJ) proposed its position statement on dysphagia treatment considering the ongoing spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The main routes of transmis...

Aug 2nd, 2019 - These guidelines on oesophageal manometry and gastro-oesophageal reflux monitoring supersede those produced in 2006. Since 2006 there have been significant technological advances, in particular, the development of high resolution manometry (HRM) a...

Nov 24th, 2021 - Swallowing impairment and VFMI are common, yet often overlooked, complications of thoracic surgical procedures. The true incidence of both dysphagia and VFMI in this patient population is unclear due to a lack of rigorous study using instrumental ...

Nov 23rd, 2021 - The purpose of this research study is to figure out if there are physical factors such as cognition level, nutrition status, walking speed, and handgrip strength that are associated with the development of swallowing problems. Investigators want t...

Nov 22nd, 2021 - The purpose of this research is to understand the normal function of swallowing and respiratory muscles in order to establish normal parameters. It will take approximately 90-120 minutes to complete. During this examination, you will have respirat...

Nov 22nd, 2021 - Laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) causes chronic cough, throat clearing, hoarseness, and dysphagia and if left untreated can promote the development of laryngeal cancer. More than 20% of the United Stated population suffer from LPR, yet there is no e...

Nov 19th, 2021 - Endotracheal intubation is life-sustaining, but it may contribute to postextubation dysphagia (PED) increasing the risk of penetration, aspiration, and aspiration pneumonia. Up to 84% of extubated patients had PED and approximately 60% penetrated ...

Nov 30th, 2021 - The diagnosis is squamous cell carcinoma. A central or hilar mass is most likely to be a squamous cell carcinoma or a small cell tumor and less commonly an adenocarcinoma.

Oct 26th, 2021 - The administration of NBTXR3 monotherapy activated by radiotherapy resulted in encouraging survival improvements in difficult-to-treat elderly and frail patients with locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (LA-HNSCC) who are inelig...

Oct 6th, 2021 - Steven J. Frank, MD Hoping to minimize the off-target effects associated with radiation in patients with oropharyngeal cancer, investigators are testing the hypothesis that intensitymodulated proton therapy (IMPT) can deliver doses as effectively...

Oct 6th, 2021 - Nabil F. Saba, MD After more than 2 decades of change in the epidemiology of oropharyngeal cancers, the choice of optimal treatment for patients with human papillomavirus (HPV)—positive disease remains elusive. Investigators are testing strategie...

Oct 6th, 2021 - The high affinity CD47 myeloid checkpoint inhibitor ALX148 showcased favorable safety and elicited objective responses when combined with trastuzumab (Herceptin), pembrolizumab (Keytruda), and multiagent chemotherapy regimens in patients with gast...