Mohan, RanjiniMohapatra, Bijoyaa2020-09-162020-09-162020-05-21Mohan, R., & Mohapatra, B. (2020). Shedding light on dysphagia associated with COVID-19: The what and why. OTO Open, 4(2), pp. 1-2.https://hdl.handle.net/10877/12638The most common symptom of COVID-19 in critically ill patients is ARDS (acute respiratory distress syndrome), with many patients requiring invasive or noninvasive respiratory support in the intensive care unit. Oropharyngeal dysphagia may be a consequence of the respiratory-swallowing in coordination common in ARDS or may occur following the respiratory support interventions. In this commentary, we highlight the risk and complications of oropharyngeal dysphagia in patients with COVID-19 and urge medical and rehabilitation professionals to consider dysphagia a prognostic complication, provide appropriate referrals, and initiate early interventions as appropriate.Text2 pages1 file (.pdf)endysphagiaspeech language pathologyCOVIDCommunication DisordersArticle© 2020 The Authors.https://doi.org/10.1177/2473974X20934770Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.