What is it about?
This article describes how COVID-19 can worsen swallowing problems, especially in older adults who may already have difficulty swallowing. Using a real patient case, it shows how careful assessment and evidence-based treatments can help improve swallowing and prevent serious complications like pneumonia, dehydration, and malnutrition. The article also reviews best practices for managing swallowing difficulties in acute care settings.
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Why is it important?
This work is timely because COVID-19 has highlighted new challenges in caring for older adults with swallowing problems. It provides practical guidance for clinicians on identifying and treating severe dysphagia in hospitalized patients, demonstrating how evidence-based strategies and interdisciplinary care can improve outcomes and reduce complications. By offering a clear roadmap, it helps clinicians make safer, more effective treatment decisions.
Perspectives
As a clinician, I found this case underscores the importance of combining evidence-based interventions with collaborative care and patient-centered decision making. Seeing a patient recover swallowing function through structured assessment and therapy reinforces my belief that even complex cases can improve when clinicians apply research to practice thoughtfully. I hope this publication inspires others to integrate similar approaches in acute care settings.
Juhi Vora
Winchester Medical Center
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This page is a summary of: Dysphagia Management in an Acute Care Setting in a Patient Post–COVID-19: A Case Report With Review of Literature, Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, December 2025, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA),
DOI: 10.1044/2025_persp-25-00079.
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