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Wakabayashi Hidetaka
Department School of Medicine(Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital), School of Medicine Position Professor and Division head |
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| Article types | Case report |
| Language | English |
| Peer review | Peer reviewed |
| Title | Rehabilitation Nutrition for Possible Sarcopenic Dysphagia After Lung Cancer Surgery: A Case Report. |
| Journal | Formal name：American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation Abbreviation：Am J Phys Med Rehabil ISSN code：15377385/08949115 |
| Domestic / Foregin | Foregin |
| Volume, Issue, Page | 95(6),pp.e84-e89 |
| Author and coauthor | Wakabayashi Hidetaka, Uwano Rimiko |
| Authorship | Lead author,Corresponding author |
| Publication date | 2016/06 |
| Summary | Sarcopenic dysphagia is characterized by the loss of swallowing muscle mass and function associated with generalized loss of skeletal muscle mass and function. In this report, the authors describe a patient with possible sarcopenic dysphagia after lung cancer surgery and was treated subsequently by rehabilitation nutrition. A 71-year-old man with lung cancer experienced complications of an acute myocardial infarction and pneumonia after surgery. He was ventilated artificially, and a tracheotomy was performed. The patient received diagnoses of malnutrition, severe sarcopenia, and possible sarcopenic dysphagia. His dysphagia was improved by a combination of dysphagia rehabilitation including physical and speech therapy and an improvement in nutrition initiated by a nutrition support team. Finally, he no longer had dysphagia and malnutrition. Sarcopenic dysphagia should be considered in patients with sarcopenia and dysphagia. Rehabilitation nutrition using a combination of both rehabilitation and nutritional care management is presumptively useful for treating sarcopenic dysphagia. |
| DOI | 10.1097/PHM.0000000000000458 |
| PMID | 26829095 |