Treatment burden associated with the intake of thickened fluids

Simon J. Steele; Samantha L. Ennis; Claudia C. Dobler

doi:10.1183/20734735.0003-2021

Treatment burden associated with the intake of thickened fluids

Simon J. Steele, Samantha L. Ennis, Claudia C. Dobler

Breathe 2021 17: 210003; DOI: 10.1183/20734735.0003-2021

Simon J. Steele

1Dept of General and Acute Care Medicine, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia

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For correspondence: simon.steele7@gmail.com

Samantha L. Ennis

2Dept of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Liverpool Hospital, Sydney, Australia

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Claudia C. Dobler

2Dept of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Liverpool Hospital, Sydney, Australia

3The George Institute for Global Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

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Advantages and disadvantages of thickened fluids

Advantages	Disadvantages
Improved physiological and functional swallow	No definitive evidence of reduced risk of pneumonia
Reduced aspiration detected by imaging	Impaired bioavailability of medications
	Adverse effect on HRQoL
	Risk of malnutrition and dehydration
	Reduced palatability

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