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Evaluation of Swallowing in Infants with Congenital Heart diseases

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Last updated: 23 Jan 2023

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Phoniatrics

Abstract

Background: Infants with congenital anomalies are at increased risk of developing oropharyngeal dysphagia. The life expectancy of pediatric patients with congenital heart disease has increased, and some studies reported the prevalence of dysphagia in this population. Objective: This pilot study aimed to describe the swallowing abnormalities found in infants with congenital heart diseases using clinical feeding evaluation (CFE) and videofluoroscopic swallowing study (VFSS). Methods: This study was conducted on 20 infants with congenital heart diseases in the age range 2-19 months (median seven months) with suspected aspiration and/or feeding problems. All cases were subjected to both clinical and videofluoroscopic evaluation of swallowing. Results and conclusion: The most commonly observed clinical finding was gagging during feeding in 85%, cough during feeding in 65%, and gurgly voice in 50% of infants. The majority of the studied infants (75%) showed laryngotracheal aspiration caused by suck-swallow-breathing incoordination. Early diagnosis and management of dysphagia in this population are mandatory to prevent serious complications.

DOI

10.21608/mjmu.2021.69525.1013

Keywords

infant, heart, Aspiration, Clinical, videofluoroscopic

Authors

First Name

Maii

Last Name

Saad

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Affiliation

Phoniatric Unit, ORL Department, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Egypt

Email

maiisaad844@gmail.com

City

Mansoura

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First Name

Omayma

Last Name

Afsah

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-

Affiliation

Phoniatric Unit, ORL Department, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Egypt

Email

omafsah@yahoo.com

City

Mansoura

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First Name

Hemmat

Last Name

Baz

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-

Affiliation

Phoniatric Unit, ORL Department, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Egypt

Email

hemmatbaz@hotmail.com

City

mansoura

Orcid

0000-0001-7911-004x

First Name

Mohammed

Last Name

El-regal

MiddleName

Ezz

Affiliation

Pediatric Gastroenterology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Egypt

Email

ezzregal@yahoo.com

City

Mansoura

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First Name

Tamer

Last Name

Abou-Elsaad

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Affiliation

Phoniatric Unit, ORL Department, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Egypt

Email

taboelsaad@hotmail.com

City

Mansoura

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Volume

50

Article Issue

1

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21734

Issue Date

2021-04-01

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2021-03-26

Publish Date

2021-04-01

Page Start

33

Page End

42

Print ISSN

1110-211X

Online ISSN

2735-3990

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Research (original) articles

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1,453

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Mansoura Medical Journal

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https://mjmu.journals.ekb.eg/

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23 Jan 2023