Dysphagia in Frail Older Persons: Making the Most of Current Knowledge

Affiliations

¹ Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI; Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck, Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI; Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, WI. Electronic address: nmpulia@medicine.wisc.edu.
² Marien Hospital Herne, Department for Geriatric Medicine, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
³ Department of Family Medicine and Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC; Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.

Editorial

Nicole Rogus-Pulia et al. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2018 Sep.

. 2018 Sep;19(9):736-740.

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2018.07.018.

¹ Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI; Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck, Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI; Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, WI. Electronic address: nmpulia@medicine.wisc.edu.
² Marien Hospital Herne, Department for Geriatric Medicine, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
³ Department of Family Medicine and Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC; Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.

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