TY - JOUR T1 - Swallowing dysfunction in patients hospitalised due to a COPD exacerbation JF - ERJ Open Research JO - erjor DO - 10.1183/23120541.00515-2021 VL - 7 IS - 4 SP - 00515-2021 AU - Margareta Gonzalez Lindh AU - Christer Janson AU - Hirsch Koyi Y1 - 2021/10/01 UR - http://openres.ersjournals.com/content/7/4/00515-2021.abstract N2 - We thank N. Terzi and co-workers for taking an interest in our work and for their valuable comments. Although there are many studies on the coordination of breathing and swallowing, there is still much to investigate and learn about swallowing function in stable and acute COPD. In fact, few published studies have investigated swallowing function in patients hospitalised due to an acute illness other than stroke [1] and this is true for COPD patients with an acute exacerbation [2–4]. There is also much to learn regarding patient-reported outcomes, which was one focus of our study.Swallowing dysfunction is common in COPD patients with severe exacerbations but this kind of dysfunction is potentially correctable, at least in some patients. Further interventional studies on this topic are urgently needed. https://bit.ly/3mFKNq1 ER -