Feeding and Swallowing Problems in Infants With Laryngomalacia

Sohag University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Swallowing Disorder; Feeding Disorders; Laryngomalacia

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05337475

Soh-Med-22-04-23

Details and patient eligibility

About

Observational cross-sectional study Infants with laryngomalacia Feeding and swallowing assessment

Full description

Identification of swallowing and feeding disorders in infants with laryngomalacia.

Identify if there is relation between severity of laryngomalacia and feeding and swallowing disorder.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 1 to 24 months old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Infants up to 2 years old diagnosed with laryngomalacia.
• Full term infants.

Exclusion criteria

• Infants with other possible causes of dysphagia e.g., craniofacial anomalies, BDMH and neurological affection secondary to birth trauma, hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy and other brain insults.
• Infants who were lethargic and/or medically unstable and were generally unable to participate to protocol of assessment.
• Premature infants.