TY - JOUR T1 - Swallowing dysfunction in patients hospitalised due to a COPD exacerbation: correspondence JF - ERJ Open Research JO - erjor DO - 10.1183/23120541.00490-2021 SP - 00490-2021 AU - Nicolas Terzi AU - Hélène Prigent AU - Frédéric Lofaso Y1 - 2021/01/01 UR - http://openres.ersjournals.com/content/early/2021/09/02/23120541.00490-2021.abstract N2 - We read with interest the study performed by Gonzalez Lindh et al. [1]. In this cross-sectional study, they reported that COPD patients, hospitalised with an acute exacerbation episode, exhibited significant self-reported and clinically screened swallowing dysfunction. These data are interesting, as they confirm previous physio-pathological studies, which could also be of interest for the readers of ERJ Open Research. They aimed to understand the underlying mechanisms that may predispose COPD patients to pneumonia aspiration and exacerbation of COPD [2, 3], and to propose possible solutions to improve vulnerability to aspiration [4]. However, evidence is already available in the literature on these topics.FootnotesThis manuscript has recently been accepted for publication in the ERJ Open Research. It is published here in its accepted form prior to copyediting and typesetting by our production team. After these production processes are complete and the authors have approved the resulting proofs, the article will move to the latest issue of the ERJOR online. Please open or download the PDF to view this article.Conflict of interest: Dr. TERZI reports personal fees from Pfizer, outside the submitted work; .Conflict of interest: Dr. PRIGENT has nothing to disclose.Conflict of interest: Dr. Lofaso has nothing to disclose. ER -