Background: swallowing in children with neurologic disorders. Aim: to relate the data obtained in the clinical and in the videofluoroscopic evaluations of swallowing in children with neurologic disorders. Methods: a retrospective analysis of 24 protocols of speech-language evaluation and of medical records of children, of both genders, referred to clinical and videofluoroscopic evaluations of swallowing at the School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto -University of São Paulo, from January 2001 to June 2005. The following aspects were analyzed in the clinical evaluation: diet consistency, functional aspects of the swallowing mechanism and results of the cervical auscultation. Videofluoroscopic evaluation was performed to determine the dynamic aspects of the oral and pharyngeal phases. Results: during the clinical evaluation of the oral phase, for both liquid and pasty consistencies, a greater occurrence of inadequate bolus control was observed (n = 15 e n = 14, respectively). In the pharyngeal phase, also for both consistencies, an adequate cervical auscultate was more frequntly observed before swallowing (n = 16 e n = 13) followed by the inadequate cervical auscultation during swallowing (n = 15 e n = 12). In the videofluoroscopic evaluation, during the oral phase, for both consistencies, the presence of inadequate food propulsion was the most frequent finding (n = 13 e n = 13) and, in the pharyngeal phase, the most frequent finding was the absence of laryngotracheal aspiration (n = 12 e n = 17). There was a statistically significant correlation between the cervical auscultate and the excursion of the hyoid and the larynx, and between the cervical auscultate and laryngotracheal aspiration of liquid and pasty consistencies. Conclusion: both procedures are important and complementary in the diagnosis of dysphagia. Key Words: Children, Swallowing, Dysphagia.
ResumoTema: deglutição em crianças com alterações neurológicas. Objetivo: relacionar os dados obtidos na avaliação clínica fonoaudiológica e avaliação videofluoroscópica da deglutição em crianças com alteração neurológica. Método: análise retrospectiva de 24 protocolos de avaliação fonoaudiológica e prontuários médicos de crianças de ambos os sexos, encaminhadas para avaliação clínica e videofluoroscópica da deglutição no Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto -Universidade de São Paulo, no período de janeiro de 2001 a junho de 2005. Na avaliação clínica foram analisados: a consistência da alimentação utilizada, aspectos funcionais do mecanismo de deglutição e os resultados da ausculta cervical. Na avaliação videofluoroscópica foram verificados os aspectos da dinâmica das fases oral e faríngea. Resultados: ao realizar a avaliação clínica na fase oral, com a utilização das consistências líquida e pastosa, verificou-se maior ocorrência do inadequado controle do bolo alimentar (n = 15 e n = 14, respectivamente). Na fase faríngea, para ambas as consistências, observou-se que a ausculta cervical adequada antes da deglutição foi a observ...