TY - JOUR
T1 - Dysphagia Care Across the Continuum
T2 - A Multidisciplinary Dysphagia Research Society Taskforce Report of Service-Delivery During the COVID-19 Global Pandemic
AU - Miles, Anna
AU - Connor, Nadine P.
AU - Desai, Rinki Varindani
AU - Jadcherla, Sudarshan
AU - Allen, Jacqui
AU - Brodsky, Martin
AU - Garand, Kendrea L.
AU - Malandraki, Georgia A.
AU - McCulloch, Timothy M.
AU - Moss, Marc
AU - Murray, Joseph
AU - Pulia, Michael
AU - Riquelme, Luis F.
AU - Langmore, Susan E.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2021/4
Y1 - 2021/4
N2 - At the time of writing this paper, there are over 11 million reported cases of COVID-19 worldwide. Health professionals involved in dysphagia care are impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in their day-to-day practices. Otolaryngologists, gastroenterologists, rehabilitation specialists, and speech-language pathologists are subject to virus exposure due to their proximity to the aerodigestive tract and reliance on aerosol-generating procedures in swallow assessments and interventions. Across the globe, professional societies and specialty associations are issuing recommendations about which procedures to use, when to use them, and how to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission during their use. Balancing safety for self, patients, and the public while maintaining adequate evidence-based dysphagia practices has become a significant challenge. This paper provides current evidence on COVID-19 transmission during commonly used dysphagia practices and provides recommendations for protection while conducting these procedures. The paper summarizes current understanding of dysphagia in patients with COVID-19 and draws on evidence for dysphagia interventions that can be provided without in-person consults and close proximity procedures including dysphagia screening and telehealth.
AB - At the time of writing this paper, there are over 11 million reported cases of COVID-19 worldwide. Health professionals involved in dysphagia care are impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in their day-to-day practices. Otolaryngologists, gastroenterologists, rehabilitation specialists, and speech-language pathologists are subject to virus exposure due to their proximity to the aerodigestive tract and reliance on aerosol-generating procedures in swallow assessments and interventions. Across the globe, professional societies and specialty associations are issuing recommendations about which procedures to use, when to use them, and how to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission during their use. Balancing safety for self, patients, and the public while maintaining adequate evidence-based dysphagia practices has become a significant challenge. This paper provides current evidence on COVID-19 transmission during commonly used dysphagia practices and provides recommendations for protection while conducting these procedures. The paper summarizes current understanding of dysphagia in patients with COVID-19 and draws on evidence for dysphagia interventions that can be provided without in-person consults and close proximity procedures including dysphagia screening and telehealth.
KW - AGPs
KW - COVID-19
KW - Deglutition
KW - Deglutition disorders
KW - Dysphagia
KW - Swallowing
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U2 - 10.1007/s00455-020-10153-8
DO - 10.1007/s00455-020-10153-8
M3 - Review article
C2 - 32654059
AN - SCOPUS:85087795497
SN - 0179-051X
VL - 36
SP - 170
EP - 182
JO - Dysphagia
JF - Dysphagia
IS - 2
ER -