Gériatrie et Psychologie Neuropsychiatrie du Vieillissement
MENUDysphagia: a geriatric syndrome? Volume 14, issue 4, Décembre 2016
Authors
Service de gériatrie, CHU Saint-Pierre, Bruxelles, Belgique
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- Key words: dysphagia, geriatric syndrome, comprehensive geriatric assessment
- DOI : 10.1684/pnv.2016.0637
- Page(s) : 371-6
- Published in: 2016
Dysphagia is a common condition in the elderly but often not systematically explored. The “geriatric syndromes” refer to the multifactorial health conditions that occur when the cumulative effects of functional disorders of multiple systems make an individual vulnerable to face the challenges of situations. This article assumes that dysphagia is a geriatric syndrome and provides arguments in favor of it. In this context its’ approach requires screening followed by an interdisciplinary management involving various professional geriatric teams.