Review Article

Diagnosis and Management of Oropharyngeal Dysphagia and Its Nutritional and Respiratory Complications in the Elderly

Figure 4

Algorithm for screening, diagnosis and treatment of oropharyngeal functional dysphagia at the Hospital de MatarĂ³. Barcelona. Spain. Note the involvement of several professional domains of the dysphagia multidisciplinary team and the vertical and horizontal flows of information. The continuous black lines indicate the diagnostic screening strategy of patients at risk; the broken lines indicate flow of information on patient status, and broken dotted lines indicate therapeutic interventions.
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