Sensory-Motor-Oral Stimulation Combined with Early Sucking During the Mandibular Distraction Osteogenesis Process in Children with Robin Sequence.

Objective: To describe the findings of children with Robin Sequence (RS) who received sensory-motor-oral stimulation combined with early sucking during mandibular distraction osteogenesis (MDO), compared with children who did not receive the intervention.

Design: A quasi-experimental study. Setting: A tertiary public hospital.

Clinical outcomes before and after videofluoroscopic swallow study in children 24 months of age or younger.

Objective: To evaluate the combined impact of videofluoroscopic swallow study (VFSS) and therapeutic feeding and swallowing interventions on clinical outcomes in children with oropharyngeal dysphagia (OPD).

Methods: This was an uncontrolled longitudinal analytical study in which OPD patients were evaluated before and after VFSS. Children ≤ 24 months of age diagnosed with OPD in a clinical setting and undergoing VFSS for investigation and management of OPD were included in the study.

Therapeutic Management with Airway Clearance in Children with Robin Sequence and Association with Swallowing Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Dysphagia in Robin Sequence can be present in varying degrees, requiring multidisciplinary management and specific swallowing assessment by a specialist. Most studies published to date have evaluated only respiratory outcomes, and the available evidence on the improvement of swallowing is questionable. To conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies evaluating swallowing in children with Robin Sequence before and after airway clearance procedures.

Aspiration in the First Year of Life and Later Tube Feeding: A Retrospective Cohort from a Low-Income Country.

The objective of this study is to investigate in infants submitted to videofluoroscopic swallowing study (VFSS) during the first year of life, the association between aspiration and later tube feeding, and to identify potential risk factors related to feeding route outcome. Retrospective cohort study with data from electronic health records was performed. Data were collected from infants < 12 months of age who underwent VFSS during inpatient hospital stay in the period between 2013 and 2018.

Impact of a pre-feeding oral stimulation program on first feed attempt in preterm infants: Double-blind controlled clinical trial.

Objective: To evaluate the effect of an oral stimulation program in preterm on the performance in the first oral feeding, oral feeding skills and transition time from tube to total oral intake.

Study Designer: Double-blind randomized clinical trial including very preterm newborns. Congenital malformations, intracranial hemorrhage grade III or IV, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, and necrotizing enterocolitis were excluded.

Severity of clinical manifestations and laryngeal exposure difficulty predicted by glossoptosis endoscopic grades in Robin sequence patients.

Objective: To evaluate the performance of two glossoptosis airway obstruction classifications in predicting symptom severity and laryngeal exposure difficulty in Robin Sequence (RS) patients.

Setting: Public tertiary hospital otolaryngology section (Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre - HCPA).

Patients: All RS patients diagnosed at HCPA from October 2012 to February 2015 were enrolled, a total of 58 individuals.

Accuracy of clinical swallowing evaluation for diagnosis of dysphagia in children with laryngomalacia or glossoptosis.

Objective: To investigate the accuracy of clinical evaluation of swallowing in a sample of children with laryngomalacia or glossoptosis and describe the prevalence of dysphagia in each of these diseases, as well as characterize the swallow response to speech and language therapy interventions.

Study Design: Children aged 1 month to 11 years receiving care at the Department of Otolaryngology, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Brazil, were evaluated in a cross-sectional design. Evaluation of swallowing was performed at two time points by two blinded speech-language pathologists, one responsible for clinical evaluation and the other for videofluoroscopic study.

Evaluation of swallowing in infants with congenital heart defect.

Introduction Surgical repair of congenital heart disease in the first years of life compromises the coordination of the suction, breathing, and swallowing functions. Objective To describe the alterations in swallowing found in infants with congenital heart defect during their hospitalization. Methods Prospective, cross-sectional study in a reference hospital for heart disease.

Cryostimulation improves recovery from oropharyngeal dysphagia after stroke.

Introduction:  Stroke is considered one of the most frequent neurological causes of oropharyngeal dysphagia.

Aim:  To determine the effect of cryostimulation on oropharyngeal sensitivity and, subsequently, on the swallowing reaction and premature escape of food in patients with neurogenic dysphagia after stroke.

Methods:  Clinical and experimental study.