Active clinical trials for "Deglutition Disorders"

The purpose of this study is to determine if the incidence and duration of postoperative dysphagia are improved in the participants receiving a local injection of methylprednisolone with systemic dexamethasone when compared to those receiving the usual systemic dexamethasone.

The aim of this research was to develop a dysphagia screening measure and evaluate the prevalence of dysphagia and its clinical manifestation in different in age population groups.

The purpose of this study is to apply a minimal-massive intervention (minimal recommendations to maximal number of patients) to elderly (>70 years) hospitalized patients with oropharyngeal dysphagia (OD). The intervention will consist of early screening and assessment of OD, malnutrition and oral hygiene. Patients will be given recommendations for adaptation of volume and viscosity of fluids, nutritional support and good oral hygiene practices and followed at 3, 6, 9 and 12 months after discharge. In every point of the follow-up period, patients will be re-evaluated to adjust recommendations and to verify their compliance with the treatment. The objectives of the intervention are to have an impact on complications related to OD (avoid impaired safety alterations and improve nutritional and oral health status and reduce) and to reduce readmissions, readmissions for pneumonia and morbimortality.

The investigators will determine the prevalence of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) in Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE) and importantly determine the predictors of response to Proton Pump Inhibitor (PPI) therapy in EoE. Moreover, the investigators will determine the effect of GERD on the location of esophageal eosinophilia.

The main purpose of the study is to determine whether the Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) is effective in detecting laryngeal penetration and tracheal aspiration when compared with the Videofluoroscopic Swallowing Study (VFSS) in bottle-feeding infants in the NICU. A secondary objective is to determine whether FEES can be used to detect laryngeal penetration and tracheal aspiration in breastfeeding NICU infants.

The main objective of this study is to analyze the effects of local anesthetic application into the retropharyngeal space and its ability to reduce dysphagia symptoms and/or occurrence rates in patients undergoing anterior cervical discectomy and fusion.

Background: Dysphagia is a common side effect after radiotherapy for haed and neck cancer patients. It may be worsened by immobility of the throat during tube feeding. Hypothesis: Exercises may prevent or reduce late dysphagia. Method: Phase I study to identify the tolerated intensity of exercises and establish the method of measuring training intensity and dysphagia measurement. Endpoint: Objective dysphagia using VF and FEESST. The HN swallowing and HN pain endpoint of EORTC H&N35 questionnaire. Weight loss, duration of tube feeding.

The purpose of the investigator's study is to evaluate the causes of feeding difficulty in infants. New treatments can be possible only if the cause is known. In this study, the investigator plans to evaluate the movement of the muscles in an infant's mouth, throat (pharynx) and food pipe (esophagus) that are responsible for moving the food down into the stomach and that help protect an infants airway.

Gastro esophageal reflux is the most common benign disease of the esophagus and Laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication became the standard surgical treatment of this disease. Although being almost transient postoperative dysphagia is still a common complaint following this procedure. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of inserting a soft structured and blunt mounted 39 F orogastric tube to postoperative dysphagia.

Two to 15% of subjects present dysphagia. In case of normal eso-gastro-duodenal endoscopy, patients with dysphagia are referred for esophageal motility testing. Esophageal manometry is the gold standard to evaluate esophageal motility in absence of esophageal obstruction. Two different techniques are available: the conventional manometry and the high resolution manometry. The second one may improve the diagnostic yield and the tolerance of examination in patients with dysphagia.