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Item Good airway reflexes and normal sensorium do not assure safe tracheal extubation in patients with cerebral hemispheric pathology(BRITISH JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY, 2012) Sriganesh, K; Smita, V; Bansal, S; Rao, GSUFollowing brain injury, return of consciousness and cough reflex are presumed to be associated with safe airway. We describe two patients who had a normal cough reflex, but impaired swallowing, which led to prolonged hospital stay. This report highlights the dissociation between the cough reflex and swallowing function in such patients.