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Aims and objectives(1) To describe the results of a web‐based teaching module used by registered nurses to identify patients at risk of aspiration and (2) to determine accuracy of the registered nurse‐administered 3‐ounce water swallow challenge protocol, that is, drinking three ounces of water, a basic cognitive screen and oral mechanism evaluation, when compared with blinded ratings from speech‐language...
BackgroundThe purpose of this study was to present our findings on the impact of the Blom tracheotomy tube with speech inner cannula on voice production abilities and speech intelligibility scores of ventilator‐dependent patients requiring a fully inflated tracheotomy tube cuff.
MethodsProspective single group case‐series design permitted consecutive accrual of 23 adult inpatients from acute care...
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