Assess The Effectiveness Of Swallowing And Oral Care Intervention On Dysphagia Among Post Extubation Patients In Saveetha Medical College And Hospital Thandalam

Abstract

ABSTRACT newlineINTRODUCTION: newlinePost-extubation dysphagia involves aspiration of food content into the newlineupper respiratory tract, pneumonia, malnutrition, placing of feeding tubes, newlinedecrease in quality of life, increased time spent under health care and higher newlinemortality rates. Post extubation dysphagia is a common problem in critically newlineill patients with recent intubation. Although several risk factors have been newlineidentified, most of them are nonmodifiable preexisting or concurrent newlineconditions. newlineSTATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM: newline Effectiveness of Swallowing and oral care intervention on Dysphagia newlineamong Post Extubation patients in Saveetha Medical College and Hospital, newlineThandalam. newlineOBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY newline1. To assess the level of dysphagia among post-extubation patients in newlineboth experimental and control group. newline2. To determine the effectiveness of swallowing and oral care newlineinterventions on dysphagia among post- extubation patients in newlineexperimental group. newline3. To compare the posttest level of dysphagia among post-extubation newlinepatients between the experimental and the control group. newline4. To associate the posttest level of dysphagia in selected demographic newlineand clinical variables among post-extubation patients in experimental newlinegroup. newline newline