Evolução funcional da deglutição em pacientes com COVID-19 internados em UTI

Maíra Santilli; Fernanda Sassi; Gisele Medeiros; Ana Ritto; Claudia Andrade

doi:10.1590/SciELOPreprints.1037

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Maíra Santilli Division of Oral Myology, Hospital das Clinicas, School of Medicine of the University of São Paulo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3225-3083
Fernanda Sassi School of Medicine, University of São Paulo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7958-6280
Gisele Medeiros Division of Oral Myology, Hospital das Clinicas, School of Medicine of the University of São Paulo
Ana Ritto School of Medicine, University of São Paulo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7509-0528
Claudia Andrade School of Medicine, University of São Paulo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/SciELOPreprints.1037

Keywords:

Swallowing, Swallowing Disorders, Intensive Care Units, COVID-19, Speech-Language and Hearing Science

Abstract

Purpose: to describe de functional developement of swallowing in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients with COVID-19, who were submitted to a swallowing intervention. Method: participants of the study were 77 patients (both gender, mean age 53.4±15.9; score on the Glasgow Coma Scale ≥14 and stable respiratory condition). The functional scale of swallowing used for assessment was the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association National Outcome Measurement System (ASHA NOMS). Results: the results indicate that there was a significant recovery of the functional swallowing patterns when comparing the measurements pre and post swallowing intervention. Conclusion: 83% of the patients needed up to 3 swallowing interventions to recover a safe swallowing pattern.