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Title: | Recommendations of good practice to prevent aspiration pneumonia in older adults at risk of oropharyngeal dysphagia living in nursing homes: a modified e-Delphi study protocol |
Author: | Santos, Joana M. L. G. Ribeiro, Óscar Jesus, Luís M. T. Sá Couto, Pedro Matos, Maria Assunção C. |
Keywords: | Aspiration pneumonia Dysphagia Good practices Nursing homes Older adults Quality of car |
Issue Date: | 15-Nov-2023 |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Abstract: | Aspiration pneumonia (AP) is a subset of pneumonia caused by the aspiration of food and fluids to the lungs and is highly prevalent in the older population. Oropharyngeal dysphagia (OD) is one of the risk factors for AP and it is also associated with malnutrition, dehydration and poor functional outcomes. As pneumonia is the second most common infection in nursing homes (NHs) and OD represents a major concern to NH staff, good practices for the prevention of AP in older adults at risk of OD are needed. |
Peer review: | yes |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10773/39944 |
DOI: | 10.1111/1460-6984.12985 |
ISSN: | 1368-2822 |
Appears in Collections: | CIDMA - Artigos PSG - Artigos |
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