Open AccessNovel Score Predicting Gastrostomy Tube Placement in Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Author(s) -
Roland Faigle,
Elisabeth B. Marsh,
R. Llinás,
Victor Urrutia,
Rebecca F. Gottesman
Publication year - 2014
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.114.006891
Subject(s) - medicine , glasgow coma scale , intracerebral hemorrhage , confidence interval , percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy , odds ratio , logistic regression , surgery , peg ratio , finance , economics
Dysphagia after intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) contributes significantly to morbidity, often necessitating placement of a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube. This study describes a novel risk prediction score for PEG placement after ICH.
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