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[Dysphagia] Pulse Oximetry
- Subject: [Dysphagia] Pulse Oximetry
- From: tervomm at yahoo.com (M. Tervo)
- Date: Wed Sep 14 16:49:59 2005
I've learned that signs of aspiration can be identified using pulse oximetry. If the O2 level drops more than 2% after the swallow and slowly rises back to baseline this indicates aspiration. After the course where this was taught I found a research article confirming this however I'm not sure if it was a peer-reviewed article because I don't have access to Medline, Psychinfo, etc. Any thoughts and/or opinions? Can anyone shed some light. Thank you.
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