Lack of evidence on risk of ionizing radiation for common pediatric swallow study causes unfortunate variability in how clinicians conduct it; a Medical University of South Carolina researcher ...

Background and aims: Coordination of breathing and swallowing must be precise for maintenance of airway protection and prevention of aspiration. The phases of respiration are interrupted during ...

"Our study demonstrated that profound impairments in swallowing are extremely common within the first year of life. This of course has tremendous clinical relevance as it highlights the importance of ...

More than half a million children are diagnosed with swallowing problems each year. The gold standard for diagnosing swallowing problems is the videofluoroscopic swallow study, also known as the ...

October 5, 2010 (San Francisco, California) — Use of a pharyngeal electrical stimulation device (VitalStim, Empi Inc.) improves swallowing in preterm and term infants in the neonatal intensive care ...

Children with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a rare autosomal recessive disease that results in progressive muscle weakness and atrophy, can suffer the concerning consequences of dysphagia, which ...

Several policies have been implemented in the US to promote the evidence-based use of therapeutics in pediatric populations. Under the Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act of 2002 and the Pediatric ...

A pilot study found ChatGPT could help generate dysphagia research ideas, with experts rating them highly for feasibility and clinical relevance but lower for novelty. The findings point to AI’s role ...