Tanner Dennis C
Department of Health Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA.
J Gerontol Nurs. 2010 Mar;36(3):41-6. doi: 10.3928/00989134-20100202-06.
The purpose of this article is to review the management of swallowing disorders in nursing home patients. The goal is to provide readers with five areas of contentious dysphagia management issues that have surfaced in several malpractice litigation cases. A detailed examination of what went wrong in the management of these patients' dysphagia from the perspective of the plaintiffs' dysphagia expert witness, as well as a discussion of what nursing home staff could have done to prevent these tragedies, is presented.
本文旨在综述疗养院患者吞咽障碍的管理。目标是为读者提供在几起医疗事故诉讼案件中出现的五个有争议的吞咽障碍管理问题领域。本文从原告的吞咽障碍专家证人的角度详细审视了这些患者吞咽障碍管理中出现的问题，并讨论了疗养院工作人员本可以采取哪些措施来预防这些悲剧。
