Impact of Aspiration and Early Swallow Therapy in Acute Stroke Patients by Govathi Nikhila K*, Akanksha Gupta, Manish singh, Payal gupta and Arun Garg in Open Access Research in Anatomy
The study focuses on role of early swallow therapy in acute stroke patients.
Materials and methods: We enrolled 112 acute stroke patients from December 2015-January 2016, among which 91 patients had swallowing difficulty as assessed on fifth day of stroke onset. Impact of type of stroke, size/site of lesion on swallowing difficulty was also assessed. All patients with base GCS-E4M6 VT/V5 were included. Swallowing scoring was done as per National Outcomes Measurements System (NOMS) 8-point Penetration Aspiration scale (PAS). The patients who had aspiration on fifth day received 30 minutes of swallowing therapy for three consecutive days. After three days of therapy swallowing was re-evaluated.
