Validation of the Spanish Version of the Eating Assessment Tool-10 (EAT-10spa) in Colombia. A Blinded Prospective Cohort Study.

Validation of the Spanish Version of the Eating Assessment Tool-10 (EAT-10spa) in Colombia. A Blinded Prospective Cohort Study.

Dysphagia. 2016 Jan 23;

Authors: Giraldo-Cadavid LF, Gutiérrez-Achury AM, Ruales-Suárez K, Rengifo-Varona ML, Barros C, Posada A, Romero C, Galvis AM

Abstract
Dysphagia might affect 12 % of the general population, and its complications include pneumonia, malnutrition, social isolation, and death. No validated Spanish symptom survey exists to quantify dysphagia symptoms among Latin Americans. Therefore, we performed a prospective cohort study in a tertiary care university hospital to validate the Spanish version of the 10-Item Eating-Assessment-Tool (EAT-10spa) for use in Colombia. After an interdisciplinary committee of five bilingual specialists evaluated the EAT-10spa (translated and validated in Spain) and deemed it appropriate for the Colombian culture, its feasibility, reliability, validity, sensitivity to change, and diagnostic capacity were evaluated. As a reference standard, we used the flexible endoscopic evaluation of swallowing with sensory testing and a standardized clinical evaluation. All assessments were blinded. In total, 133 subjects were included (52 % women, mean age 55 years) and completed the EAT-10spa (median completion time: 2 min [IQR 1-3 min]), 39 % of whom had an elementary-level education. Cronbach's α coefficient: 0.91; test-retest intra-class correlation coefficient: 0.94. The Spearman's correlation coefficient of the EAT-10spa with the 8-point penetration-aspiration scale was 0.54 (P < 0.001). The area under the receiver-operating-characteristic-curve (AUC-ROC) for dysphagia and aspiration were 0.79 (P < 0.001) and 0.81 (P < 0.001), respectively. The best cut-off points for dysphagia and aspiration were EAT-10spa ≥2 (sensitivity 93.6 %, specificity 36.4 %) and EAT-10spa ≥4 (sensitivity 94.3 %, specificity 49.5 %), respectively. A reduction in the EAT-10 ≥3 was the best cut-off point for a clinically significant improvement (AUC-ROC 0.83; P < 0.0001). The EAT-10spa showed excellent psychometric properties and discriminatory capacity for use in Colombia.

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New editors in chief for the European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology.

New editors in chief for the European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology.

Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2016 Jan 23;

Authors: Olofsson J

PMID: 26803307 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the larynx presenting with unusual subglottic mass: Case report.

Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the larynx presenting with unusual subglottic mass: Case report.

Auris Nasus Larynx. 2016 Jan 20;

Authors: Kashiwagi T, Kanaya H, Konno W, Goto K, Hirabayashi H, Haruna SI

Abstract
A 33-year-old woman presented with an unusual subglottic bulging mass accompanied by prolonged cough and wheeze. Laryngeal endoscopy revealed a bilateral, symmetrical mass immediately below the vocal cords with marked airway obstruction. Chronic subglottic laryngitis with inflammation or another condition such as amyloidosis was initially suspected. Cervicothoracic computed tomography revealed an obvious reduction of laryngeal caliber caused by an engulfing mass extending from just under the vocal cords to the cricoid ring, which was associated with thyroid, arytenoid, and cricoid cartilage destruction. Histopathological diagnosis of a biopsy specimen collected via a tracheotomy revealed that the lesion was a cT4aN0M0 adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) originating from the laryngeal minor salivary glands. The patient was treated by total laryngectomy with elective bilateral neck dissection under general anesthesia. Gross inspection of resected tissue confirmed yellowish-white, solid tumor mainly circumferentially encompassing the lumina of the cricoid ring. The histopathological findings confirmed typical ACC accompanied by a predominant cribriform appearance with no evidence of lymph node metastasis. The patient remains well and free of recurrence or metastasis. We herein describe laryngeal ACC and discuss radiological images and the surgical pathology.

PMID: 26803452 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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