TY - CHAP
T1 - Feasibility of oral feeding in patients with disorders of consciousness
AU - Maudoux, Audrey
AU - Breuskin, Ingrid
AU - Gosseries, Olivia
AU - Schnakers, Caroline
AU - Vanhaudenhuyse, Audrey
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2012 Springer-Verlag London. All rights are reserved.
PY - 2012/5/1
Y1 - 2012/5/1
N2 - Eating and drinking are basic pleasures of life, considered as obvious to most of us. However, the ease with which we perform these actions masks the complexity of the underlying neuronal control. According to several studies, the frequency of dysphagia among subjects with severe brain injury is frequent. Faced with the difficult management of patients with an altered state of consciousness, the use of gustatory stimuli, as well as the rehabilitation of swallowing could constitute a supplementary therapy which is currently rarely considered. This review aims to summarize our current knowledge regarding the neural control of swallowing, to assess the role of awareness and willingness on the control of swallowing and, finally, to establish the feasibility of oral feeding in patients with disorders of consciousness.
AB - Eating and drinking are basic pleasures of life, considered as obvious to most of us. However, the ease with which we perform these actions masks the complexity of the underlying neuronal control. According to several studies, the frequency of dysphagia among subjects with severe brain injury is frequent. Faced with the difficult management of patients with an altered state of consciousness, the use of gustatory stimuli, as well as the rehabilitation of swallowing could constitute a supplementary therapy which is currently rarely considered. This review aims to summarize our current knowledge regarding the neural control of swallowing, to assess the role of awareness and willingness on the control of swallowing and, finally, to establish the feasibility of oral feeding in patients with disorders of consciousness.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84949179370&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-1-4471-2440-5_11
DO - 10.1007/978-1-4471-2440-5_11
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:84949179370
SN - 1447124391
SN - 9781447124399
VL - 9781447124405
SP - 105
EP - 120
BT - Coma and Disorders of Consciousness
PB - Springer-Verlag London Ltd
ER -