OBJECTIVE: To investigate occurrences of swallowing disorders after ischemic stroke. METHOD: This was a retrospective study on 596 medical files. The inclusion criterion was that the patients needed to have been hospitalized with a diagnosis of ischemic stroke; the exclusion criteria were the presence of associated cardiac problems and hospital stay already more than 14 days. RESULTS: 50.5% were men and 49.5% women; mean age 65.3 years (SD= ± 11.7) (p ≤ 0.001). Among the risk factors, 79.4% had hypertension, 36.7% had diabetes (p ≤ 0.001) and 42.7% were smokers. 13.3% of the patients died. Swallowing disorders occurred in 19.6%, among whom 91.5% had mild difficulty and 8.5% had severe difficulty. 87.1% had spontaneous recovery after a mean of 2.4 months. A lesion in the brainstem region occurred in 6.8% (p ≤ 0.001). CONCLUSION: Swallowing disorders occurred in almost 20% of the population and most of the difficulty in swallowing found was mild. The predictors for swallowing disorders were older age, diabetes mellitus and lesions in the brainstem region.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate occurrences of swallowing disorders after ischemic stroke. METHOD: This was a retrospective study on 596 medical files. The inclusion criterion was that the patients needed to have been hospitalized with a diagnosis of ischemic stroke; the exclusion criteria were the presence of associated cardiac problems and hospital stay already more than 14 days. RESULTS: 50.5% were men and 49.5% women; mean age 65.3 years (SD= ± 11.7) (p ≤ 0.001). Among the risk factors, 79.4% had hypertension, 36.7% had diabetes (p ≤ 0.001) and 42.7% were smokers. 13.3% of the patients died. Swallowing disorders occurred in 19.6%, among whom 91.5% had mild difficulty and 8.5% had severe difficulty. 87.1% had spontaneous recovery after a mean of 2.4 months. A lesion in the brainstem region occurred in 6.8% (p ≤ 0.001). CONCLUSION:Swallowing disorders occurred in almost 20% of the population and most of the difficulty in swallowing found was mild. The predictors for swallowing disorders were older age, diabetes mellitus and lesions in the brainstem region.
Authors: Ana Railka de Souza Oliveira; Alice Gabrielle de Sousa Costa; Huana Carolina Cândido Morais; Tahissa Frota Cavalcante; Marcos Venícios de Oliveira Lopes; Thelma Leite de Araujo Journal: Rev Lat Am Enfermagem Date: 2015-04-14
Authors: Yu Tat Chan; Hong Wei Zhang; Wai Zhu Sun; Kevin Ka Hang Or; Yuan-Qi Guo; Min Chen; Guan-Yi Wu; Guang-Yao Xu; Connie Leung; Sylvia Tam; Francis Chun-Keung Mok; Yiu Keung Kwan; Eddie Chow; Joshua Kam Wo Mak; Angus Chun-Kwok Chu; Kathy Lee; Thomas Law; Rita Wai Ming Wong; Zhi-Xiu Lin Journal: Evid Based Complement Alternat Med Date: 2020-05-11 Impact factor: 2.629
Authors: Ana Railka de Souza Oliveira; Thelma Leite de Araujo; Emilia Campos de Carvalho; Alice Gabrielle de Sousa Costa; Tahissa Frota Cavalcante; Marcos Venícios de Oliveira Lopes Journal: Rev Lat Am Enfermagem Date: 2015-07-03