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Aspiration pneumonia is a common disease that frequently occurs in older patients. Most patients with aspiration pneumonia have swallowing disability and develop hospital-acquired disability. Frequently, patients have difficulty returning home, and they often require long-term hospitalization. Recently, the effect of rehabilitative management including physical and pulmonary rehabilitation for aspiration pneumonia was reported. Several studies showed that early rehabilitation was associated with reduced mortality and early hospital discharge after aspiration pneumonia. Physical therapy is recommended to improve clinical outcomes, including physical and swallowing function in older patients with aspiration pneumonia.
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Momosaki, R. (2020). Physical Therapy: Does Physical Therapy Have Therapeutic Roles in Aspiration Pneumonia?. In: Teramoto, S., Komiya, K. (eds) Aspiration Pneumonia. Respiratory Disease Series: Diagnostic Tools and Disease Managements. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4506-1_18
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