10.1 - Dysphagia Treatment

Question 1

What is the first thing we assess in a swallowing evaluation?

Answer 1

What is safe for the pt. to eat

Question 2

What kind of diet should we strive to put patients on?

Answer 2

The least restrictive possible

Question 3

What is the primary goal of dietary restrictions?

What are two additional goals?

Answer 3

Airway protections

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Maintaining nutrition and hydration needs

Maintaining general health status

Question 4

What four things might we include when we council patients after a swallowing evaluation?

Answer 4

Oral hygiene

Feeding strategies

Restricting certain viscosities (textures)

Therapeutic + postural intervention

Question 5

What are swallowing compensations?

What is the goal? (2)

Answer 5

Short-term adjustments to patient, food, or swallowing activity

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Improving swallowing function

Safe swallowing (reducing aspiration)

Question 6

Can compensatory strategies improve swallowing physiology?

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Answer 6

No

It helps them cope with what they have

Question 7

What are swallowing rehabilitation efforts designed to improve?

Answer 7

Swallowing physiology thus increasing swallowing function

Question 8

If a pt. has oropharyngeal dysphagia with a GOOD prognosis, what can be used to assist them?

(2)

Answer 8

Compensatory strategies

Rehabilitation

Question 9

If a pt. has oropharyngeal dysphagia with a POOR prognosis, what can be used to assist them?

Answer 9

Non-oral feeding methods

Question 10

Long term goals should be ______.

Short term goals should be ______.

Answer 10

Broad

Specific