Post-stroke dysphagia: A review and design considerations for future trials

Roffe

Abstract

Post-stroke dysphagia (a difficulty in swallowing after a stroke) is a common and expensive complication of acute stroke and is associated with increased mortality, morbidity, and institutionalization due in part to aspiration, pneumonia, and malnutrition. Although most patients recover swallowing spontaneously, a significant minority still have dysphagia at six months. Although multiple advances have been made in the hyperacute treatment of stroke and secondary prevention, the management of dysphagia post-stroke remains a neglected area of research, and its optimal management, including diagnosis, investigation and treatment, have still to be defined.

Citation

Roffe. (2016). Post-stroke dysphagia: A review and design considerations for future trials. International Journal of Stroke, 399 - 411. https://doi.org/10.1177/1747493016639057

• Acceptance Date: Dec 21, 2015
• Publication Date: Mar 22, 2016
• Journal: International Journal of Stroke
• Print ISSN: 1747-4930
• Publisher: SAGE Publications
• Pages: 399 - 411
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1747493016639057
• Keywords: stroke, dysphagia, treatment, randomised controlled trial, design, pneumonia, aspiration, rehabilitation
• Publisher URL: http://wso.sagepub.com/content/11/4/399