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Post-extubation dysphagia: a problem needing multidisciplinary efforts

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This manuscript was supported in part by the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Nursing Research (R01NR017433, Brodsky, Pandian, Needham).

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  1. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 N. Wolfe St., Phipps 181, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA

    Martin B. Brodsky & Dale M. Needham

  2. Outcomes After Critical Illness and Surgery (OACIS) Research Group, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Martin B. Brodsky, Vinciya Pandian & Dale M. Needham

  3. Department of Nursing Faculty, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Vinciya Pandian & Dale M. Needham

  4. Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Dale M. Needham

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Brodsky, M.B., Pandian, V. & Needham, D.M. Post-extubation dysphagia: a problem needing multidisciplinary efforts. Intensive Care Med 46, 93–96 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-019-05865-x

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