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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jun 8.
Published in final edited form as: Anesthesiology. 2014 Dec;121(6):1175–1183. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000000462

Table 1. Swallow characteristics during wakefulness and anesthesia.

Swallow Classification Swallows under Wakefulness Swallows under Anesthesia Number
Physiological 136 60 196
Pathological 7 21 28
Total number 143 81 224

Swallows are categorized as physiological (during expiration or followed by expiration), or pathological (during inspiration or followed by an inspiration) and displayed within conditions of wakefulness vs. anesthesia.