Renée Speyer

TL;DR: Oropharyngeal dysphagia should be given more importance and attention and thus be included in all standard screening protocols, treated, and regularly monitored to prevent its main complications.

TL;DR: Clinical screening methods should be used to identify older people with oropharyngeal dysphagia and to identify those patients who are at risk of aspiration and a multidisciplinary approach is needed for diagnosis and management.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that dysphagia is highly prevalent in people with stroke, Parkinson’s disease, PD, AD, traumatic brain injury, and community-acquired pneumonia, and the need for better dysphAGia management starting with a reliable, standardized, and validated method for oropharyngeal dysphagian identification is highlighted.

TL;DR: The need for international standardized terminology and definitions for texture-modified foods and liquids for individuals with dysphagia is documents, and the research plan and foundations of a global initiative dedicated to this purpose are documents.

TL;DR: A water test combined with pulse oximetry using coughing, choking and voice alteration as endpoints is currently the best method to screen patients with neurological disorders for dysphagia.