Open AccessThe combination of bedside swallowing assessment and oxygen saturation monitoring of swallowing in acute stroke: a safe and humane screening tool
Author(s) -
Hilary A. Smith
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
age and ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1468-2834
pISSN - 0002-0729
DOI - 10.1093/ageing/29.6.495
Subject(s) - medicine , swallowing , dysphagia , acute stroke , stroke (engine) , intensive care medicine , surgery , emergency department , mechanical engineering , engineering , psychiatry
dysphagia is common in acute stroke. Accurate detection of the presence or absence of aspiration by bedside swallowing assessment is difficult without objective methods, tending to over-diagnose aspiration. As a result, some patients suffer restricted oral intake unnecessarily.
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