Evaluation of dysphagia risk, nutritional status and caloric intake in elderly patients with Alzheimer's

OBJECTIVE: to evaluate the risk of dysphagia and its relationship with the stage of Alzheimer's Disease, as well as the relationship between the risk of dysphagia and nutritional status and caloric intake in elderly people with Alzheimer's disease.METHODS: the sample consisted of 30 subjec...

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Main Authors: Vanessa Fernanda Goes, Pâmela Billig Mello-Carpes, Lilian Oliveira de Oliveira, Jaqueline Hack, Marcela Magro, Juliana Sartori Bonini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2014-04-01
Series:Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-11692014000200317&lng=en&tlng=en