Reply to the letter to the Editor by Terzi et al.: Swallowing dysfunction in patients hospitalised due to a COPD exacerbation, in ERJ Open Research

We thank professor Terzi, doctor Prigent and doctor Lofaso 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 (PROMS), which was one focus of our study. Footnotes This 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: Margareta Gonzalez Lindh has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: Christer Janson has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: Hirsh Koyi has nothing to disclose.