How I review the literature to change practice (2) – Improving study design
Author: Margaret Young
Magazine issue: Summer 05
Page numbers: 26-27
Date: 30 May 2005
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Margaret Young reviewed the literature to ensure that her study design would prove whether or not the time-consuming and invasive Modified Evan’s Blue Dye Swallowing Test is necessary for people with a tracheostomy over and above a single clinical assessment. The research results mean the adult team in Walsall now assess tracheostomy patients using a clinical swallowing assessment without the aid of blue dye, which allows patients with only minimal or no dysphagia to commence diet and fluids after only one assessment procedure.
