TY - JOUR T1 - How to use the videofluoroscopy swallow study in paediatric practice JF - Archives of disease in childhood - Education & practice edition JO - Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed SP - 313 LP - 320 DO - 10.1136/archdischild-2017-313787 VL - 104 IS - 6 AU - Gemma Batchelor AU - Ben McNaughten AU - Thomas Bourke AU - Julie Dick AU - Claire Leonard AU - Andrew Thompson Y1 - 2019/12/01 UR - http://ep.bmj.com/content/104/6/313.abstract N2 - In paediatric practice feeding, eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties are present in up to 1% of children. Dysphagia is any disruption to the swallow sequence that results in compromise to the safety, efficiency or adequacy of nutritional intake. Swallowing difficulties may lead to pharyngeal aspiration, respiratory compromise or poor nutritional intake. It causes sensory and motor dysfunction impacting on a child’s ability to experience normal feeding. Incoordination can result in oral pharyngeal aspiration where fluid or food is misdirected and enters the airway, or choking where food physically blocks the airway The incidence is much higher in some clinical populations, including children with neuromuscular disease, traumatic brain injury and airway malformations. The prevalence of dysphagia and aspiration-related disease is increasing secondary to the better survival of children with highly complex medical and surgical needs. This article aims to outline the indications for performing videofluoroscopy swallow (VFS). This includes the technical aspects of the study, how to interrupt a VFS report and some of the limitations to the study. ER -