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First received: December 06, 2023

Clinical Trial: Screening the Patient for Oral Intake: Applicability of the Yale Swallow Protocol in Patients Across Disease Categories

Study Status: COMPLETED

Recruit Status: COMPLETED

Condition: Oral Intake

Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL


Official Title: Screening the Patient for Oral Intake: Applicability of the Yale Swallow Protocol in Patients Across Disease Categories

Brief Summary: With 98 swallow screening tools already developed, dysphagia remains under-screened and undiagnosed.Even for patients at high risk of oropharyngeal dysphagia (i.e., hospitalized aged, post-stroke, Parkinson's disease, head and neck cancer, or those had ? 48 hours of endotracheal intubation), swallow screening is not systematically performed.Nurses, as front-line providers, are bombarded with patients' dysphagia.We witnessed patients' subsequent poor outcomes, including delayed oral intake,…

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