Naslov
PRESENTING THE INITIATIVE AND DEVELOPMENT OF 1. CROATIAN GUIDELINES FOR NEUROGENIC OROPHARYNGEAL DYSPHAGIA (NOD). SLP IN A MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM

Autori
Vodanovic, Dinah ; Poljakovic, Zdravka ; Kolundzic, Zdravko ; Vranesic Bender, Darija ; Krznaric, Zeljko

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Book of Abstracts 10th CPLOL Congress 10-12 May 2018, Cascais, Portugal CPLOL, 2018 / Trinite, Baiba - Pariz : CPLOL, 2018, 219-220

ISBN
978-2-9552505-1-8

Skup
10th European Congress of Speech and Language Therapy (CPLOL)

Mjesto i datum
Cascais, Portugal, 10.05.2018. - 12.05.2018

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Dysphagia – functional diagnosis

Sažetak
Objectives: During the course of two years, the team of neurology ICU and the nutrition support team at the University Hospital Zagreb -Croatia worked together and came to a mutual conclusion that there is no unified national plan for diagnostics and treatment of NOD. Considering that neurological events are the leading cause of impairments, the number of patients suffering from dysphagia is vast, but there was no unified and systematic strategy to handle the issue. During that time, it was noticeable that scientific and practical procedures conducted in the world and in Croatia showed a big discrepancy. In the SLP area of expertise, there were notable unsubstantiated, even arbitrary, methods used, unjustified by the scientific evidence. By the end of the year 2015, an initial team was formed. The initial team represented each profession involved in the matter of dysphagia. It consisted of a speech language pathologist, nutritionist, pharmacist, two medical doctors, neurologist and an internal medicine specialist. Later on, the team spread and the national guidelines were formed. The main goal of this paper is to represent the pathway of forming interdisciplinary guidelines to present to our colleagues. Intention of presenting our work is to encourage further development of protocols in the SLP profession in order to consolidate the SLP profession in clinical work conditions as a part of a team and to standardize our professional procedures. The aim of the guidelines is multiple, to raise awareness about dysphagia, to provide a systematical approach, to raise awareness for the need of evidence based practice and to assure the multidisciplinary approach in everyday professional contexts. Guidelines were supported by the most prominent Croatian medical institutions and professional societies, they provide detailed description of current evidence based diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, recommend core members of the team and define each member’s role in the management of dysphagia.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti, Logopedija

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