"Deglutition Disorders" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Difficulty in SWALLOWING which may result from neuromuscular disorder or mechanical obstruction. Dysphagia is classified into two distinct types: oropharyngeal dysphagia due to malfunction of the PHARYNX and UPPER ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER; and esophageal dysphagia due to malfunction of the ESOPHAGUS.
| Descriptor ID |
D003680
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C06.405.117.119 C09.775.174
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| Concept/Terms |
Deglutition Disorders- Deglutition Disorders
- Deglutition Disorder
- Disorders, Deglutition
- Swallowing Disorders
- Swallowing Disorder
- Dysphagia
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Deglutition Disorders" by people in this website by year, and whether "Deglutition Disorders" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1998 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2011 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2013 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2016 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2017 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 2019 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2020 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2024 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Deglutition Disorders" by people in Profiles.
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American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy guideline on gastrostomy feeding tubes: summary and recommendations. Gastrointest Endosc. 2025 Jan; 101(1):25-35.
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Preliminary Normative Reference Values of Validated FEES Scales in Healthy Young Adults. Laryngoscope. 2025 Mar; 135(3):1034-1038.
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A protocol for stakeholder engagement in head and neck cancer pragmatic trials. BMC Cancer. 2024 Sep 05; 24(1):1109.
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Effects of Statistical Practices for Longitudinal Group Comparison of the Penetration-Aspiration Scale on Power and Effect Size Estimation: A Monte Carlo Simulation Study. Dysphagia. 2025 Apr; 40(2):388-398.
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Neural landscape is associated with functional outcomes in irradiated patients with oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma. Sci Transl Med. 2024 Jul 31; 16(758):eabq5585.
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Clinical Implementation of DIGEST as an Evidence-Based Practice Tool for Videofluoroscopy in Oncology: A Six-Year Single Institution Implementation Evaluation. Dysphagia. 2025 Feb; 40(1):220-230.
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Self-management intervention improves patient adherence to swallowing exercises during radiation for head and neck cancer. Head Neck. 2024 Nov; 46(11):2878-2889.
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A Hard Truth to Swallow: Critically Evaluating the MD Anderson Dysphagia Inventory (MDADI) as an Endpoint in Human Papillomavirus-associated Oropharyngeal Cancer Trials. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2024 Nov 01; 120(3):805-822.
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Laryngeal clefts in Prader-Willi syndrome: Feeding difficulties and aspiration not always caused by hypotonia. Am J Med Genet A. 2024 08; 194(8):e63634.
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Prognostic Factors and Outcomes Associated With Neck Lymphedema in Head and Neck Cancer Survivors. Laryngoscope. 2024 Aug; 134(8):3656-3663.