title: [Update oropharyngeal dysphagia part 1: Physiology, pathology and diagnosis].
abstract: Swallowing is a complex mechanism with many muscles and nerves needed. If this is disturbed, oropharyngeal dysphagia may be caused, especially in the elderly. There is a wide range of causes. Where oral feeding is sufficiently impaired then this route may have to be bypassed by percutaneous enteral gastostomy. Evaluation of swallowing is usually done with a fiberoptic or 90-degree optic. Individual needs must be addressed, usually, and best, by a multidisciplinary team.
authors: Sektion für Phoniatrie & Pädaudiologie, Univ. HNO-Klinik, Ulm. rudolf.reiter@uniklinik-ulm.de
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Reiter
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Brosch
mesh_terms: D001933:Brain Stem / Q000503:physiopathology; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003391:Cranial Nerves / Q000503:physiopathology; D003679:Deglutition / Q000502:physiology; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004750:Enteral Nutrition; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D007828:Laryngoscopy; D008526:Medulla Oblongata / Q000503:physiopathology; D009415:Nerve Net / Q000503:physiopathology; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000503:physiopathology; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011015:Pneumonia, Aspiration / Q000503:physiopathology; D017552:Solitary Nucleus / Q000503:physiopathology