Desfechos de deglutição e alimentação associados à intubação orotraqueal e à traqueostomia em pediatria / Swallowing and feeding outcomes associated with orotracheal intubation and tracheostomy in pediatrics

RESUMO Objetivo verificar os desfechos de deglutição e alimentação de pacientes pediátricos submetidos à intubação orotraqueal (IOT) prolongada, considerando aqueles que evoluíram para traqueostomia após. Métodos estudo de coorte retrospectivo, realizado por meio da análise de prontuários de pacientes admitidos em Unidade de Terapia Intensiva Pediátrica e acompanhados até a alta hospitalar, entre março de 2017 e dezembro de 2018. Resultados dos 51 pacientes incluídos, 64,7% eram do gênero masculino e a mediana de idade foi de 6,7 meses. Pacientes submetidos à IOT por mediana de sete dias apresentaram disfagia orofaríngea (DOF) leve e, quando submetidos a mais de 14 dias, apresentaram DOF moderada/grave, distúrbio alimentar pediátrico (DAP) com características de recusa alimentar e contraindicação de alimentação por via oral na alta hospitalar. Dentre os pacientes, 74,5% foram submetidos apenas à IOT e 25,5% evoluíram para traqueostomia, após. Pacientes traqueostomizados apresentaram maior ocorrência de alta hospitalar com DOF moderada/grave, DAP com características de recusa alimentar e uso de via alternativa de alimentação, em comparação a pacientes sem traqueostomia (p=0,001). Comparado ao diagnóstico inicial, pacientes não traqueostomizados tiveram diagnóstico final com graus mais leves de disfagia (p<0,001). Conclusão o tempo de IOT e a presença de traqueostomia são fatores associados ao diagnóstico fonoaudiológico de DOF moderada/grave, à presença de sinais de DAP com características de recusa alimentar e à necessidade de via alternativa de alimentação, persistentes até a alta hospitalar, sendo achados fonoaudiológicos frequentes entre os desfechos de deglutição/alimentação em pediatria.

ABSTRACT Purpose To verify the swallowing and feeding outcomes of pediatric patients undergoing prolonged OTI, considering those who progressed to tracheostomy afterward. Methods Retrospective cohort study, carried out by analyzing the medical records of patients admitted to the Pediatric ICU and followed up until hospital discharge, between 03/2017 and 12/2018. Results Of the 51 patients included, 64.7% were male and the median age 6.7 months. Patients undergoing OTI for a median of 7 days had mild dysphagia and when submitted for more than 14 days had moderate/severe dysphagia and PFD with characteristics of food refusal, with contraindication to oral feeding at hospital discharge. 74.5% of the patients underwent OTI only and 25.5% progressed to tracheostomy afterward. Tracheostomized patients had a higher occurrence of hospital discharge with moderate/ severe oropharyngeal dysphagia, pediatric feeding disorder (PFD) with characteristics of food refusal and alternative method of feeding compared to patients without tracheostomy (p=0.001). Non-tracheostomized patients had a final diagnosis with milder degrees of dysphagia when compared to the initial diagnosis (p<0.001). Conclusion The time of OTI and the presence of tracheostomy are factors associated with the speech-language pathology diagnosis of moderate/severe oropharyngeal dysphagia, presence of signs of PFD with characteristics of food refusal and the need for an alternative method of feeding that persists until hospital discharge, being frequent findings among the swallowing/feeding outcomes in pediatrics.

Voice challenge in transgender women: trans women self-perception of voice handicap as compared to gender perception of naïve listeners / O desafio da voz na mulher transgênero: autopercepção de desvantagem vocal em mulheres trans em comparação à percepção de gênero por ouvintes leigos

ABSTRACT Purpose: to analyze the self-perception of transgender women's voice handicap in comparison to the voices' gender perception by naïve listeners. Methods: 31 transgender women, who were first submitted to vocal acoustic assessment and had their voices recorded to measure fundamental frequency and standard deviations, were eligible to the study. Next, they answered to the Voice Handicap Index protocol, from which, at the end of data collection, the most suited questions to the daily demands of this population were selected. Subsequently, 50 naïve blindfolded listeners were exposed to the recordings and had to identify the voices as males, females or undefined. Descriptive statistics were applied to speakers' characteristics and the Spearman's correlation coefficient was applied to the protocol scores and the speaker's voice identifications. Results: the mean fundamental frequency found was 172.40 Hz (SD=4.8Hz) and one third of the transgender women reported being satisfied with their voices. A moderate positive significant correlation was found in voices considered as males, and strongly significant and negative in voices considered as females. For the voices considered undefined, however, no significant correlation was found. Conclusion: transgender women's self-perception of voice handicap is directly related to naïve listeners' perception of their voice gender.

RESUMO Objetivo: analisar a autopercepção de desvantagem vocal de mulheres transgêneros em comparação à percepção de gênero das vozes por ouvintes leigos. Métodos: foram eleitas para o estudo 31 mulheres transgêneros. Todas foram submetidas à análise acústica vocal para mensuração da frequência fundamental e desvio padrão. Após, responderam ao protocolo Índice em Desvantagem Vocal, do qual, ao final da coleta de todos os dados, foram selecionadas as questões consideradas mais afeitas às demandas diárias desta população. Subsequentemente, 50 ouvintes leigos foram cegamente expostos às vozes e tiveram de identificar as vozes como sendo masculinas, femininas ou indefinidas. Estatística descritiva foi aplicada para as características das transgêneros e correlação de Spearman para as pontuações do protocolo e a identificação de gênero pelos ouvintes leigos. Resultados: a frequência fundamental média encontrada foi de 172,40 Hz (DP=4,8 Hz) e um terço das transgêneros relatou satisfação com a própria voz. Foi encontrada correlação moderadamente significante e positiva nas vozes consideradas masculinas (rs=0,584; p=0,001) e fortemente significante e negativa nas femininas (rs= -0,605; p<0,001). Não houve correlação significativa com o IDV para as vozes consideradas indefinidas (rs=0,320; p=0,079). Conclusão: a autopercepção de desvantagem vocal em mulheres trans está diretamente relacionada à percepção de gênero por ouvintes leigos.

Aspectos socioeconômicos e conhecimento de puérperas sobre o aleitamento materno / Mother's social economic aspects and level of knowledge about breastfeeding

Objetivo Averiguar a associação entre os fatores maternos e socioeconômicos com o conhecimento das mães a respeito do aleitamento materno. Métodos Estudo realizado com 71 puérperas em leito hospitalar. Os dados foram coletados por meio de questionários, um socioeconômico e outro sobre conhecimento referente ao aleitamento materno. Resultados Das entrevistadas, uma não frequentou as consultas pré-natais e 48 receberam alguma informação sobre aleitamento materno. Todas as mães sabiam que as crianças amamentadas no peito adquirem menos doenças; 44 sabiam que até o sexto mês de vida a criança não necessita de água ou outro complemento. Sobre as questões socioeconômicas e de conhecimentos, houve associação positiva significativa entre ambas, ou seja, puérperas com maior renda familiar tiveram maior percentual de acertos. Conclusão A maioria das mães demonstrou conhecimento sobre os aspectos investigados. A renda per capita interferiu no conhecimento das puérperas sobre o aleitamento materno. .

Purpose To investigate the association between maternal and social/economic aspects and mother's knowledge about breastfeeding. Methods A hospital-based study conducted with 71 postpartum women in hospital bed. Data was collected through questionnaires, one on social/economic factors and another one on knowledge about breastfeeding. Results Among the interviewed mothers, one did not attend the prenatal visits and 48 received some information about breastfeeding. All mothers knew that children who are breastfed are less exposed to diseases; 44 knew that until the sixth month of life, the child does not need water or any other supplement. About social/economic and knowledge aspects, there was a significant positive association between the two; i.e., postpartum mothers with higher family income tended to have a higher percentage of correct answers. Conclusion Evidence from this study demonstrated that mothers are well informed about breastfeeding. Some socioeconomic factors can interfere with appropriate breastfeeding, such as income per capita; the higher the family income, the better the knowledge about breastfeeding. .

Velopharyngeal dysfunction: a systematic review of major instrumental and auditory-perceptual assessments

Velopharyngeal dysfunction may cause impaired verbal communication skills in individuals with cleft lip and palate; thus, patients with this disorder need to undergo both instrumental and auditory-perceptual assessments. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the main methods used to evaluate velopharyngeal function in individuals with cleft lip and palate and to determine whether there is an association between videonasoendoscopy results and auditory-perceptual assessments. METHOD: We conducted a systematic review of the literature on instrumental and auditory-perceptual assessments. We searched the PubMed, Medline, Lilacs, Cochrane, and SciELO databases from October to November 2012. SUMMARY OF FINDINGS : We found 1,300 studies about the topic of interest published between 1990 and 2012. Of these, 56 studies focused on velopharyngeal physiology; 29 studies presented data on velopharyngeal physiology using at least 1 instrumental assessment and/or 1 auditory-perceptual assessment, and 12 studies associated the results of both types of assessments. Only 3 studies described in detail the analysis of both methods of evaluating velopharyngeal function; however, associations between these findings were not analyzed. CONCLUSION: We found few studies clearly addressing the criteria chosen to investigate velopharyngeal dysfunction and associations between videonasoendoscopy results and auditory-perceptual assessments...

Comparison of videonasoendoscopy and auditory-perceptual evaluation of speech in individuals with cleft lip/palate

The velopharyngeal sphincter (VPS) is a muscle belt located between the oropharynx and the nasopharynx. Investigations of velopharyngeal function should include an auditory-perceptual evaluation and at least 1 instrument-based evaluation such as videonasoendoscopy. AIM: To compare the findings of auditory-perceptual evaluation (hypernasality) and videonasoendoscopy (gap size) in individuals with cleft lip/palate. METHOD: This was a retrospective, cross-sectional study assessing 49 subjects, of both sexes, with cleft lip/palate followed up at the Otorhinolaryngology Service and the Speech Therapy outpatient clinic of Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA). The results from the auditory-perceptual evaluation and the videonasoendoscopy test were compared with respect to the VPS gap size. RESULTS: Subjects with moderate/severe hypernasality had more severe velopharyngeal closure impairment than those with a less severe condition. The interaction between hypernasality severity and the presence of other speech disorders (p = 0.035), whether compensatory and/or obligatory, increased the likelihood of having a moderate-to-large gap in the velopharyngeal closure. CONCLUSIONS: We observed an association between the findings of these 2 evaluation methods...

Rehabilitation with Cochlear Implant in Patient with Harboyan Syndrome

Harboyan syndrome, defined as congenital corneal dystrophy associated with progressive sensorineural hearing loss, was first described by Harboyan in 1971. It is a hereditary disease manifested by eye lesions consistent with corneal endothelial dystrophy and progressive sensorineural hearing loss. There is bilateral symmetric progressive hearing loss, which may be either dominant or recessive. Objective: To report a case of a patient with a diagnosis of Harboyan syndrome. Case Report: A 25-year-old woman with profound bilateral sensorineural hearing loss, showing poor hearing performance while using a personal sound amplification device, underwent hearing rehabilitation with a cochlear implant. Conclusion: Rehabilitation was imperative in this case. The cochlear implant has proven to be the best therapeutic option, providing the patient with a better quality of life...

Estudo comparativo de três técnicas de palatoplastia em pacientes com fissura labiopalatina por meio das avaliações perceptivo-auditiva e instrumental / Comparative study of three techniques of palatoplasty in patients with cleft of lip and palate via instrumental and auditory-perceptive evaluations

Introdução: A palatoplastia é o procedimento cirúrgico que visa à reconstrução do palato duro e/ou mole. Atualmente dispomos de diferentes técnicas que buscam o maior alongamento do palato mole junto à parede nasofaríngea para contribuir no funcionamento adequado do esfíncter velofaríngeo. Falhas no seu fechamento ocasionam disfunções na fala. Objetivo: Comparar os achados das avaliações perceptivo-auditiva e instrumental em pacientes com fissura labiopalatina operados mediante três técnicas distintas de palatoplastia. Método: Estudo transversal prospectivo de um grupo de pacientes com fissura labiopalatina unilateral completa. Todos foram submetidos a um ensaio clínico randomizado, por meio de distintas técnicas de palatoplastia realizada por um único cirurgião, há aproximadamente 8 anos. Os pacientes na época da cirurgia foram divididos em três grupos distintos com 10 participantes em cada um. O presente estudo avaliou: 10 pacientes da Técnica de Furlow, 7 pacientes da Técnica de Veau-Wardill-Kilner+Braithwaite e 9 pacientes da Técnica Veau-Wardill-Kilner +Braithwaite+Zetaplastia; tendo uma amostra total de 26 indivíduos. Todos os pacientes foram submetidos à avaliação perceptivo-auditiva por meio de gravação de fala. Também foi realizada a avaliação instrumental por meio do exame de videonasoendoscopia. Resultados: Os achados foram satisfatórios nas três técnicas, isto é, a maioria dos indivíduos não apresenta hipernasalidade, distúrbio articulatório compensatório e emissão de ar nasal audível. Além disso, na avaliação instrumental, a maioria dos indivíduos das três técnicas de palatoplastia apresenta uma adequada função velofaríngea. Conclusão: Não foi encontrada diferença estatisticamente significativa entre as técnicas de palatoplastia nas duas avaliações.

Introduction: Palatoplasty is a surgical procedure that aims at the reconstruction of the soft and/or hard palate. Actually, we dispose of different techniques that look for the bigger stretching of the soft palate joint to the nasofaryngeal wall to contribute in the appropriate operation of the velopharyngeal sphincter. Failure in its closing brings on speech dysfunctions. Objective: To compare the auditory-perceptive' evaluations and instrumental findings in patients with cleft lip and palate operate through three distinctive techniques of palatoplasty. Method: A prospective transversal study of a group of patients with complete unilateral cleft lip and palate. Everybody was subjected to a randomized clinical essay, through distinctive techniques of palatoplasty performed for a single surgeon, about 8 years. In the period of the surgery, the patients were divided in three distinctive groups with 10 participants each one. The present study has evaluates: 10 patients of the Furlow technique, 7 patients of the Veau-Wardill-Kilner+Braithwaite technique and, 9 patients of the Veau-Wardill-Kilner+Braithwaite+Zetaplasty technique; having a total sample of 26 individuals. All the patients were subjected to auditory-perceptive evaluation through speech recording. An instrumental evaluation was also performed through video endoscopy exam. Results: The findings were satisfactory in the three techniques, in other words, the majority of the individuals does not present hyper nasality, compensatory articulatory disturbance and audible nasal air emission. In addition, in the instrumental evaluation, the majority of the individuals of the three techniques of palatoplasty present an appropriate velopharyngeal function. Conclusion: Was not found statistically significant difference between the palatoplasty techniques in both evaluations.

Aspectos patofisiológicos do esfíncter velofaríngeo nas fissuras palatinas / Velopharyngeal sphincter pathophysiologic aspects in the in cleft palat

Introdução: As fissuras labiopalatinas são malformações congênitas comuns e apresentam diversas alterações funcionais relacionadas à fala, deglutição e orelha média. Objetivo: Este artigo aborda os distúrbios funcionais no fissurado labiopalatino através de uma visão patofisiológica. Método: Realizou-se uma pesquisa bibliográfica on line, bem como em livros e periódicos referentes aos aspectos relacionados ao esfíncter velofaríngeo. Buscou-se na base de dados LILACS, MEDLINE e SciELO, aplicando-se à pesquisa termos de interesse, todos relativos à fisiopatologia veloesfincteriana, para artigos publicados entre 1965 e 2007. Conclusão: A função do esfíncter velofaríngeo apresenta um papel central tanto nas alterações de fala e deglutição como nas alterações da fisiologia da orelha média dos pacientes com fissuras labiopalatinas. Ao final da revisão na bibliografia compulsada a cerca da fisiologia velofaríngea em sujeitos portadores dessa malformação, nas funções de fala, deglutição e otológicas, foi possível observar que apesar da literatura relativa ao tema ser ampla, alguns aspectos patofisiológicos merecem maior aprofundamento, por serem explorados superficialmente.

Introduction: Cleft lip and palate are common congenital abnormalities with typical functional disorders on speech, deglutition and middle ear function. Objective: This article reviews functional labiopalatine disorders through a pathophysiological view. Method: We performed a literature search on line, as well as books and periodicals related to velopharyngeal sphincter. Our sources were LILACS, MEDLINE and SciELO databases, and we applied to the research Keywords of interest on the velopharyngeal pathophysiology, for articles published between 1965 and 2007. Conclusion: Velopharyngeal sphincter plays a central role in speech, swallowing and middle ear physiology in patients with labiopalatine cleft. At the end of our bibliographic review, pursuant to the velopharyngeal physiology in individuals with this disorder in the functional speech, deglutition and otologic function, we observed that although there is a great number of published data discussing this issue, further studies are necessary to completely understand the pathophysiology, due to the fact they have been exploited superficially.