Improved outcomes of pediatric patients with swallowing disorders through a multidisciplinary dysphagia clinic in a tertiary care children's hospital in Colombia.

ABSTRACT: Multidisciplinary clinics bring together multiple specialists to care for patients with complex diseases, such as swallowing disorders. Little information exists regarding dysphagia in pediatric patients and its multidisciplinary management in Colombia. This study aimed to characterize patients under the age of 18 with swallowing disorders treated in a multidisciplinary dysphagia clinic at San Vicente Fundacion Hospital in Medellin, Colombia, between 2014 and 2021. A longitudinal, descriptive, observational study with retrospective data collection was conducted. Sociodemographic and clinical data were obtained at three points. A total of 293 patients were included. The most frequent underlying diseases were neurological (mainly cerebral palsy), followed by genetic disorders, with Down synd

SUBMITTER: Galvis-Blanco SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12118282 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature