Early Dysphagia Screening by Trained Nurses Reduces Pneumonia Rate in Stroke Patients | Zendy

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Early Dysphagia Screening by Trained Nurses Reduces Pneumonia Rate in Stroke Patients

Author(s) -

Christoph Palli,

Simon FandlerHöfler,

Kathrin Doppelhofer,

Kurt Niederkorn,

Christian Enzinger,

Christian Vetta,

Esther Trampusch,

Reinhold Schmidt,

Franz Fazekas,

Thomas Gattringer

Publication year - 2017

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.117.018157

Subject(s) - medicine , dysphagia , stroke (engine) , pneumonia , acute stroke , emergency medicine , physical therapy , intensive care medicine , pediatrics , surgery , mechanical engineering , engineering , tissue plasminogen activator

Dysphagia is a common stroke symptom and leads to serious complications such as aspiration and pneumonia. Early dysphagia screening can reduce these complications. In many hospitals, dysphagia screening is performed by speech-language therapists who are often not available on weekends/holidays, which results in delayed dysphagia assessment.

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