TOPIC

Diagnosing and preventing dysphagia associated complications in tracheostomized critically ill patients

VISION

Speech therapists and physicians working side-by-side for our patients.

MISSION

Improve tracheostomized patients’ lives by reducing aspiration-related complications.

SPECIFIC GOALS

PROJECT 1: Comparing the Modified Evan’s Blue Dye Test (MEBDT) to Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) in diagnosing aspiration in tracheostomized critically ill patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

PROJECT 2: Assessing the Accuracy and the Inter-Rater Reliability of the Guggling Swallowing Screening (GUSS) test for Tracheostomized Intensive Care Patients: an observational cohort study.