Publications by authors named "Carolina Ausili Cefaro"
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to evaluate the need for tube feeding in infants with type I Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) and identify predictive factors for it.
- Out of 75 infants assessed, by the last follow-up, only 34 needed no tube feeding, while 32 required tube feeding and could not be fed orally.
- Key findings indicate that the necessity for tube feeding is not common in treated infants and can be predicted by their initial level of feeding involvement and CHOP INTEND scores, rather than SMA type or genetic factors.
Objective: Dysphagia is a significant complication in fourth ventricle surgery. Corticobulbar motor evoked potentials (CB-MEPs) of the lower cranial nerves may provide real-time information possibly correlating with postoperative swallowing dysfunction, and the vagus nerves may prove ideal for this purpose. However, the literature is heterogeneous, non-systematic, and inconclusive on this topic.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To investigate the effectiveness of Lee Silvermann Voice Treatment (LSVT) in improving prosody in patients with Parkinson's disease over medium-term follow-up.
Methods: 15 patients with Parkinson's disease were assessed before LSVT, within one week, and 3 and 6 months after treatment. Subjective and objective evaluation included: Voice Handicap Index - 10 (VHI-10), perceptual assessment by GRBAS scale and item 18 of the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale III (UPDRS III), maximum phonation time (MPT /s/) and acoustic analysis by means the Voice Range Profile (VRP) and the "Intonation Stimulability Protocol" of the Motor Speech Profile (MSP).
Introduction: The aim of the study was to longitudinally assess swallowing abilities in nusinersen-treated patients with type 1 spinal muscular atrophy.
Methods: Twenty infants with type 1 SMA (11 female and 9 male) treated with nusinersen between 3 weeks and 15 months of age, were assessed using the Oral and Swallowing Abilities Tool (OrSAT). The duration of the follow-up after treatment ranged between 12 months and 62 months.
Objectives: We aim to analyse long-term voice outcomes and quality of life (QoL) in patients undergoing open partial horizontal laryngectomy type II (OPHL type II) and to compare them to those obtained by patients undergoing total laryngectomy (TL) with voice prosthesis (VP).
Design: Cross-sectional cohort study.
Setting: Patients undergoing surgery for advanced laryngeal cancer, assessed during the usual follow-up consultations at the Phoniatric Unit (February 2020-December 2020).
A high percentage of patients suffered symptoms also after recovery from the Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) infection. It is not well clear what are the specific long-term sequelae (complications and symptoms). During the acute phase the patients may develop a multi-organ system pathology including aerodigestive tract.
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