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Comparing videofluoroscopy and endoscopy to assess swallowing in bottle-fed young infants in the neonatal intensive care unit

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As practitioners specialized in dysphagia, we read the article “Comparing videofluoroscopy and endoscopy to assess swallowing in bottle-fed young infants in the neonatal intensive care unit” by Armstrong et al. [1] with interest.

The development of oral feeding skills in fragile infants is an international topic of interest because of the increased number of infant survival in neonatal units. Therefore, research investigating good (instrumental) diagnostic tools to identify dysphagia is crucial.

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  1. Department of Rehabilitation, Donders Center for Neuroscience, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    S. de Groot, L. van den Engel-Hoek & J. G. Kalf

  2. Division of Language and Communication Science City, University of London, London, UK

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de Groot, S., van den Engel-Hoek, L., Kalf, J.G. et al. Comparing videofluoroscopy and endoscopy to assess swallowing in bottle-fed young infants in the neonatal intensive care unit. J Perinatol 41, 1201–1202 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41372-021-00982-2

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