Breathing and Swallowing in Patients With COPD
Presented by Angela Mansolillo
Nonfinancial: Angela Mansolillo is a member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. She has no competing nonfinancial interests or relationships with regard to the content presented in this course.
This course will explore dysphagia as it manifests in COPD. It will also provide clinicians with tools to identify patients with dysphagia, with a goal of reducing complications, including pneumonia and acute exacerbations. Clinicians will also leave this course with strategies to improve swallow and respiratory dysfunction and to improve outcomes in these chronically ill patients.
Meet your instructor
Angela Mansolillo
Angela Mansolillo is a speech-language pathologist and board-certified specialist in swallowing disorders with more than 25 years of experience. She is currently a senior speech-language pathologist at Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton, Massachusetts, where she provides evaluation and treatment services for adults and…
Chapters & learning objectives
1. Dysphagia in COPD: Why Does It Matter?
Chapter 1 will examine the relationships between swallowing dysfunction and negative outcomes in patients with COPD, including pneumonias and acute exacerbations of COPD (AECOPDs).
2. Dysphagia in COPD: What Does It Look Like?
This chapter will explore the specific characteristics of dysphagia in patients with COPD, including breathing-swallow discoordination, anatomical and physiological changes, and the contribution of GER.
3. Dysphagia in COPD: How Can We Assess It?
The respiratory characteristics typically associated with dysphagia will be examined in order to ensure early identification and assist with prevention of negative outcomes.
4. Dysphagia in COPD: How Can We Help?
In chapter 4, clinicians will be provided with compensatory strategies, management tips, and exercises to improve swallow function in individuals with COPD.
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Breathing and Swallowing Reciprocity: Two Systems in Shared Spaces
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