[A case of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) followed by pulmonary rehabilition].

We report a 75-year-old woman with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) suffering from cough, sputum, high-grade fever and dyspnea on effort. Her chest radiograph revealed an infiltrative shadow in the right lower lung field and her laboratory data showed marked inflammatory changes. Her arterial blood gas analysis showed marked hypoxemia and hypercapnia.

[The usefulness of the water swallowing test and videofluorography in swallowing rehabilitation in patients with cerebrovascular disease].

It has been suggested that videofluorography (VF) is useful in the diagnosis of aspiration. The aim of this study was to investigate the usefulness of the water swallowing test and VF in swallowing rehabilitation in patients with cerebrovascular disease. Fifteen patients (mean age 72.