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[Dysphagia] Nectar vs honey



I think Wilma Clancey addressed this a month or so ago and if memory
serves me correctly, what was used in the study was actually pudding
consistency.


Sharon Cameron
Registered Dietitian
Stan Cassidy Centre for Rehabilitation
800 Priestman Street
Fredericton, NB  E3B 0C7
506-452-5652


-----Original Message-----
From: dysphagia-bounces at dysphagia.com
[mailto:dysphagia-bounces at dysphagia.com] On Behalf Of Nancy Burnett
Sent: Friday, June 15, 2007 2:02 PM
To: dysphagia-bounces at dysphagia.com; Irene Campbell-Taylor;
dysphagia at b9.com
Subject: Re: [Dysphagia] Nectar vs honey

It was my impression that the "honey thick" texture used in the study
was extremely thick, perhaps significantly thicker than the "honey
thick" texture used in many facilities.

Nancy Burnett,
Speech-Language Pathologist,
Cambridge Memorial Hospital,
700 Coronation Blvd.,
Cambridge, Ontario.
N1R 3G2
Telephone: 519 - 621 -  2330 ext 1126/Pager 1104
Fax: 519 - 740 - 4978  Attention Nancy Burnett 3BN
Email: nburnett at cmh.org


	-----Original Message-----
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[SMTP:dysphagia-bounces at dysphagia.com] On Behalf Of Irene
Campbell-Taylor
	Sent:	June 15, 2007 12:18 PM
	To:	dysphagia at b9.com
	Subject:	[Dysphagia] Nectar vs honey

	Since I never use thickened fluids I must confess to not having
paid much attention to the various labela used. Reading the Logemann et
al study on thickeners and chin down it appears that the thicker
consistency (honey) was associated with a twofold increase in pneumonia.
Is this correct - that the thicker consistency is honey and this was
associated with increased respiratory dysfunction? One can't say that it
"caused" pneumonia because there are insufficent data to support such a
conclusion. The authors state that "It is likely that the increased
pneumonia in the patients who remained on honey-thickened liquids for
three months resulted from the reduced ability of the chest's ciliary
action to clear thicker material from the lungs" that would seem to
encourage the use of plain water instead.

	Dr I Campbell-Taylor
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