A Citric-Acid-Solution Swallowing Test is Useful as a Screening Test for Aspiration at Bedside and for the Early Detection of Swallowing Dysfunction

Kentaro Kobayashi^*, Mika Kobayashi and Masahiro Abo

Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, 3-19-18 Nishishinbashi Tokyo, Minato-ku, 105-8471, Japan, E-mail: mika@jusm.sci.nkm.ac.jp

^*Corresponding Author: Kentaro Kobayashi, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, 3-19-18 Nishishinbashi Tokyo, Minato-ku, 105-8471, Japan, Tel: 81-3-3433-1111, Fax: 81-557-85-0358 Email: