[Dysphagia] gag reflex

[robmelch70 at hotmail.com (Rob Melchionna)]

I once had an MD write an order for me (SLP) to do a bedside eval and "if no 
gag reflex make patient NPO".

>From: Irene Campbell-Taylor <eripley@yahoo.com>
>To: christabel daley <dysphagia@sbcglobal.net>, dysphagia@b9.com
>Subject: Re: [Dysphagia] gag reflex
>Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 06:16:57 -0800 (PST)
>
>Medical schools still teach tat gag=swallow. Maybe it's time to do some 
>concerted education.
>
>christabel daley <dysphagia@sbcglobal.net> wrote:To revisit an old 
>subject........ I am familiar with the literature re the lack of 
>relationship between gag & swallowing efficacy. I had a doctor recently 
>comment on a pt who presented with functional/unremarkable clinical 
>evaluation, "pt does not have a gag, therefore would not cough during 
>clinical evaluation". Am I missing something? Pt did consequently go for 
>videoswallow per MD request to find results consistent with clinical 
>evaluation.
>Thanks.
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