Fig 1.
Dysphagia by injury pattern and crude percent developing dysphagia.
TBI = Traumatic Brain Injury, CSI = Cervical Spine Injury, MV = Mechanical Ventilation.
Table 1.
Geriatric trauma patient demographics.
Table 2.
Overall mortality odds for geriatric trauma patients with dysphagia.
Table 3.
Mortality odds for geriatric trauma patients with dementia who developed dysphagia.
Table 4.
Dysphagia odds among patients with major risk factors.
Table 5.
Mortality odds among patients that developed dysphagia with major risk factors.
Table 6.
Odds ratios of Mechanical Ventilation (MV) for specific complications of patients that developed dysphagia.
Table 7.
Frequency of tracheostomy and transgastric feeding tube placement.
Table 8.
Outcomes in patients with dysphagia who received transgastric feeding tubes (GFTs).
Table 9.
Outcomes of geriatric trauma patients who had tracheostomy placed.
Table 10.
Associations of Speech Language Therapist (SLP) utilization on outcomes of geriatric trauma patients who developed dysphagia after traumatic injury.
Table 11.
Mortality, development of dysphagia, and complications of geriatric trauma patients who were mechanically ventilated.