Dysphagia on the Intensive Care Unit

Dysphagia on the Intensive Care Unit - a Multinational European Analysis

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03487510

Acronym

DICE-SWISS

Enrollment

Registered

2018-04-04

Start date

2017-11-11

Completion date

2018-05-01

Last updated

2024-11-12

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Deglutition Disorders

Keywords

treatment standards, diagnostical approaches, descriptive

Brief summary

Recording of routine practice patterns to detect and/or treat Dysphagia on the ICU via interview of local colleagues. This will not allow to record generalizable data, but will reflect the actual routine standard of care.

Interventions

OTHERNO interventions apply

does not apply

Study design

Observational model

ECOLOGIC_OR_COMMUNITY

Time perspective

OTHER

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* All senior ICU physicians in charge for adult critically ill ICU patients. Respective ICUs must be accredited by the Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Intensivmedizin. * ICUs located in Switzerland. * Senior ICU physicians willing to voluntarily fill in the provided questionnaire.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Number of centers using fibre-optic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES) vs. non-instrumental methods to detect/ treat dysphagia on the ICU.	through study completion, an average of 1 month	Analysis of number of ICUs using instrumental methods (FEES) vs. non-instrumental methods in local (Swiss) centers to detect dysphagia in the ICU.

Countries

Switzerland

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026