Publications by authors named "Betina Scheeren"
Purpose: Verify whether voice modification after swallowing is associated with videofluoroscopic examination data.
Methods: 27 patients with oropharyngeal dysphagia underwent recording of sustained phonation of vowel /a/ before and after swallowing during videofluoroscopy. The GRBAS scale and the wet voice parameter were used to evaluate the data.
The objective of this systematic review was to characterize chest CT findings in patients with dysphagia and pulmonary aspiration, identifying the characteristics and the methods used. The studies were selected from among those indexed in the Brazilian Virtual Library of Health, LILACS, Indice Bibliográfico Español de Ciencias de la Salud, Medline, Cochrane Library, SciELO, and PubMed databases. The search was carried out between June and July of 2016.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: The aim of this study was to investigate the association between the results of functionality scales and dysphagia severity determined from videofluoroscopy swallowing study (VSS) in post-stroke patients.
Methods: A retrospective study of 109 VSS analysis of post-stroke patients. From the exams was collected information on the diagnosis of dysphagia severity and evaluated regarding the swallowing functionality in an independent way by two evaluators.
Objective: To demonstrate CT findings in patients with chronic aspiration compared with a control group without aspiration, as detected by the videofluoroscopic swallowing study (VFSS).
Methods: This retrospective, observational study included patients with and without diagnoses of aspiration confirmed by VFSS, who underwent CT examination of the lungs between 2010 and 2014. Two radiologists blinded to the presence of aspiration reviewed the images to detect the presence of any abnormality.
Objective: To investigate whether patients with a diagnosis of chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) show characteristic pulmonary changes on chest CT compared with a control group without sinusopathy.
Methods: This retrospective, observational study included patients with and without a diagnosis of CRS who underwent CT examination of the lungs between 2012 and 2014. Two radiologists, who were blinded for the presence of CRS, reviewed the scans for the presence of any abnormalities consensually.
Vocal Variability Post Swallowing in Individuals with and without Oropharyngeal Dysphagia.
Int Arch Otorhinolaryngol
January 2015
Article Synopsis
- The study examines how voice changes after swallowing can indicate oropharyngeal dysphagia, a swallowing disorder.
- It involves comparing voice recordings of 27 patients with dysphagia and 25 without, using specific voice quality scales.
- Results show that patients with dysphagia experienced notable voice changes after swallowing, suggesting that perceptual voice analysis could effectively help in diagnosing swallowing difficulties.
Background: Although aspiration is one of the main causes of death in SCA, such as SCA3/Machado Joseph disease (SCA3/MJD), clinical studies on dysphagia are lacking for these diseases. The aims of this study were to characterize dysphagia in SCA3/MJD through videofluoroscopy (VF) of swallowing, correlate VF with disease severity criteria and weight loss, and determine the clinical criteria cutoffs for performing VF in the clinical routine, in order to detect aspiration.
Methods: A cross-sectional study on 34 SCA3/MJD patients was performed.
Purpose: To perform a systematic review of screening instruments for dysphagia available in the literature.
Methods: For the selection of studies, the following descriptors were used: "questionários", "questionnaires", "transtornos de deglutição", "deglutition disorders", "programas de rastreamento", and "mass screening". The online databases used for the research were Virtual Health Library (LILACS, IBECS, MEDLINE, Cochrane Library, SciELO) and PubMed.
Context: Videofluoroscopic swallowing study is a dynamic exam and allows the evaluation of the complete swallowing process. However, most published studies have only reported alterations in the oropharynx and pharyngoesophageal transition, leaving the analysis of the esophagus as a secondary goal.
Objectives: The goal of this study was to investigate the prevalence of alterations in the esophageal phase thorough videofluoroscopic swallowing study in patients with dysphagia.
Statement Of Problem: Rhythmic masticatory muscle activity, including sleep bruxism (SB), can be induced in healthy individuals by experimental esophageal acidification, which plays an important role in the pathogenesis of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). However, no robust evidence supports the association between SB and GERD.
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between SB and GERD.
Purpose: To describe the breastfeeding initial conditions for premature infants.
Methods: The sample consisted on 26 mother/baby dyads. The babies had an average of 36.