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Toshie Manabe, Yoshiyuki Masaki, Yoshiko Yamamoto, Kayoko Yamamoto, Osamu Kohashi, Takayuki Yamamoto, Hirotaka Ohara, Hiroyasu Akatsu; Association of Nutritional Support with Survival Time in Hospitalized Older Patients with Dysphagia: A Retrospective Study. Ann Nutr Metab 3 November 2022; 78 (5): 281–286. https://doi.org/10.1159/000524085 Download citation file: Dysphagia results from age-related changes in swallowing physiology and contributes to various health status changes, including higher risks for malnutrition, pneumonia, and mortality [1, 2]. It also occurs in age-related diseases, including stroke [3] and cancer [4], and progressive neurological diseases, such as dementia [5] and Parkinson’s disease [6]. These associations, and global aging, have increased the importance of dysphagia management. Artificial nutrition can support patients with dysphagia caused by various clinical conditions. Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is an artificial nutrition method that secure

Toshie Manabe, Yoshiyuki Masaki, Yoshiko Yamamoto, Kayoko Yamamoto, Osamu Kohashi, Takayuki Yamamoto, Hirotaka Ohara, Hiroyasu Akatsu; Association of Nutritional Support with Survival Time in Hospitalized Older Patients with Dysphagia: A Retrospective Study. Ann Nutr Metab 3 November 2022; 78 (5): 281–286. https://doi.org/10.1159/000524085 Download citation file: Dysphagia results from age-related changes in swallowing physiology and contributes to various health status changes, including higher risks for malnutrition, pneumonia, and mortality [1, 2]. It also occurs in age-related diseases, in