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The presence of a tracheostomy tube is a contraindication for eating and drinking particularly in the critically-ill patient.
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False. Many factors contribute to successful eating and drinking and although a tracheostomy tube can inhibit or prevent oral intake, it is often an important goal for the patient to return to something close to normal oral intake. Other factors such as weakness or neuromuscular incoordination may present swallowing problems and complications from surgery or ventilation can present temporary or permanent impairment to swallowing. The best way to approach this is an expert assessment of swallow using FEES to identify any problems and develop a multidisciplinary management plan.
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