Clinical Nutrition
A concise review journal with the latest practical advice on patient care in clinical nutrition.
Swallowing is a complex process. Dysphagia for liquids can result in aspiration where the liquid enters the airway and lungs. In a large clinical trials, increasing bolus viscosity (from thin liquid to nectar-thick and spoon-thick) improved the safety of swallow compared with thin liquid, without increasing residue in dysphagia patients for xanthan-based thickeners.