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Dysphagia and expiratory air flow

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Expiratory air flow preserves the freedom of the upper airway from foodway contamination in patients with dysphagia. Valving the tracheostomy cannula, “quad coughing,” the Heimlich maneuver, the “supraglottic swallow,” and coupling to a ventilator each has a place among the measures used for treating aspiration.

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  1. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Good Samaritan Hospital of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    Arthur A. Siebens MD, Donna C. Tippett MA, CCC-SLP, Nell Kirby MS, RN & Joseph French

  2. The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; and Department of Speech-Language Pathology, Good Samaritan Hospital of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    Arthur A. Siebens MD & Donna C. Tippett MA, CCC-SLP

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Siebens, A.A., Tippett, D.C., Kirby, N. et al. Dysphagia and expiratory air flow. Dysphagia 8, 266–269 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01354549

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