Open AccessUtility of Dysphagia Screening Results in Predicting Poststroke Pneumonia
Author(s) -
Kamakshi Lakshminarayan,
Albert W. Tsai,
Xin Tong,
Gabriela Vázquez,
James M. Peacock,
Mary G. George,
Russell V. Luepker,
David C. Anderson
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.110.597039
Subject(s) - medicine , dysphagia , pneumonia , stroke (engine) , intensive care medicine , physical therapy , physical medicine and rehabilitation , surgery , mechanical engineering , engineering
Dysphagia screening before oral intake (DS) is a stroke care quality indicator. The value of DS is unproven. Quality adherence and outcome data from the Paul Coverdell National Acute Stroke Registry were examined to establish value of DS.
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