Dysphagia Following Cerebral Infarction Clinical Trial
Official title:
Evaluation of Morbidity and Mortality Associated With Dysphagia in Stroke Patients Based on Pharyngeal Residue Severity: A Prospective Study
Specific objectives:
- Evaluation of morbidity and mortality associated with the severity of pharyngeal residue
in patients admitted to Hotêl-Dieu de France university hospital for Stroke based on the
"The Yale pharyngeal residue scale"
- Evaluation of the accuracy of screening protocol of Dysphagia at the Emergency
Department in patients admitted for stoke based on the "Emergency Department Dysphagia
Screening Tool"
Dysphagia after stroke is common, affecting 27% to 64% of patients. Complications of
dysphagia include aspiration leading to chest infection and pneumonia, malnutrition,
inability to rehabilitate, increased risk of infection, prolonged length of stay in hospital,
and an increased risk of death.
Deglutologists who use FEES have long lamented the fact that there was no reliable,
validated, anatomically defined, image-based, and easily used pharyngeal residue severity
rating scale. All that one had to rely on was the "impression" of residue severity, the
definition of which varied from endoscopist to endoscopist In order for any scale to gain
widespread acceptance, it must be user friendly, easy to learn, reliable to interpret, and
generalizable to all patients undergoing FEES. Such a scale now exists, and it is the Yale
Pharyngeal Residue Severity Rating Scale
Need for a trial: The relation between the severity of the pharyngeal residue and the risk of
aspiration and subsequently the morbidity and mortality in stroke patients is not well
defined yet.
Thus, the purpose of this study was to determine the morbidity and mortality associated with
the severity of pharyngeal residue in a specific population: stroke patients
Another objective of the study is to evaluate the accuracy of Emergency department (ED)
dysphagia screening in stroke patients compared to a standard swallowing evaluation with
FEES.
All patients admitted to Hotêl-Dieu de France university hospital for stroke will be
evaluated for dysphagia using the ED dysphagia-screening tool. Preliminary data on the
accuracy of the "ED dysphagia screening tool" are promising (Sensitivity of 96%)
In this study outcomes between 2 groups will be evaluated; (ED failed screening group and ED
Screening passed group) and thus be able to validate results of previous studies concerning
sensitivity and accuracy of the screening tool mentioned previously and finally to be able to
identify stroke patients eligible for early oral nutrition.
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