Rediscovering the Joy of Food: The Need for Long-Term Review of Swallowing Ability in Stroke Patients

Stroke is commonly associated with dysphagia, which may necessitate the use of enteral feeding best provided by a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube. Resolution of dysphagia complicating stroke is observed in the days, weeks and months following the event. This may allow the resumption o...

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Published in:Scottish medical journal 2001-04, Vol.46 (2), p.54-55
Main Authors: Harper, J.R, McMurdo, M.E. T., Robinson, A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Deglutition - physiology
Deglutition Disorders - complications
Deglutition Disorders - physiopathology
Dysphagia
Eating
Female
Humans
Patients
Recovery
Stroke - complications
Stroke - physiopathology
Strokes
Time Factors
Treatment Outcome
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Summary:Stroke is commonly associated with dysphagia, which may necessitate the use of enteral feeding best provided by a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube. Resolution of dysphagia complicating stroke is observed in the days, weeks and months following the event. This may allow the resumption of a normal diet, and cessation of enteral feeding. However at the time dysphagia resolves many patients—with enteral feeding still in place—will have been discharged from facilities where expert speech and language therapy is available to assess recovery of swallow. We report three cases of patients with dysphagia following stroke who benefited from long term review of swallowing ability. We then discuss the benefits of such follow-up, and how it might best be achieved in the community.
ISSN:0036-9330
2045-6441
DOI:10.1177/003693300104600210