In:
Fisioterapia Brasil, Convergences Editorial, Vol. 19, No. 3 ( 2018-07-13), p. 414-416
Abstract:
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a degenerative disease that occurs with the deterioration of motor neurons. The beginning of clinical impairment may be bulbar with the average life time, after the first symptoms, between 2 to 5 years, presenting serious swallowing, speech and breathing disorders. Deglutition disorders can lead to malnutrition, dehydration, aspiration, displeasure, and more serious complications such as aspiration pneumonia and death. With the evolution of the disease, the patient needs procedures that generate doubts in the professionals and family, as the correct moment of indication of the use of alternative long-term feeding routes called gastrostomies (GTT). The objective of this article is to analyze the impact of dysphagias and the most favorable moment for the placement of gastrostomies. Early GTT placement may help prevent the patient from clinically debilitating more quickly, respond better to multidisciplinary team therapeutics, and feel more comfortable.Key-words: dysphagia, enteral nutrition, gastrostomy, deglutition disorders, motor neuron disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
2526-9747
,
1518-9740
DOI:
10.33233/fb.v19i3.2437
Language:
Unknown
Publisher:
Convergences Editorial
Publication Date:
2018
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