RESUMO
The goal of treatment for the dysphagic patient is to maintain safe oral feeding. Achieving this goal requires an individualized care plan using selected feeding strategies. This care plan will need to be altered as changes in the patient's condition occur.
Assuntos
Transtornos de Deglutição/terapia , Nutrição Enteral/enfermagem , Transtornos de Deglutição/dietoterapia , HumanosRESUMO
The Fleming index of dysphagia was used to determine the prevalence of dysphagia in patients in a long-term, neuropsychiatric medical center. Prevalence varied by section, with the ventilator-dependent patients having the highest rate and the chemical-dependent patients having the lowest. The Fleming index appears to be a quick and useful instrument to identify patients who are at risk of dysphagic complications, but further reliability and validity studies are needed to demonstrate its utility.
