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[Dysphagia] thickening breast milk


  • Subject: [Dysphagia] thickening breast milk
  • From: eripley at yahoo.com (Irene Campbell-Taylor)
  • Date: Thu Jul 8 10:21:04 2004
  • In-reply-to: <s0ed0cc7.090@mail.lhsnet.com>


Kate Farabaugh <Kate.Farabaugh@bannerhealth.com> wrote:
Unfortunately it is the concept of thickening ............ being used pervasively without proven benefit that concerns me the most. 

** Why only infants? Thickening is without proven benefit in anyone. See: Robbins et al. ASHA SID 13 Newsletter, Perspectives on swallowing and swallowing disorders, 11(2), 16-19, 2002.

 



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