Comparison of 2 interventions for liquid aspiration on pneumonia incidence: a randomized trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Aspiration pneumonia is common among frail elderly persons with dysphagia. Although interventions to prevent aspiration are routinely used in these patients, little is known about the effectiveness of those interventions.

Objective

To compare the effectiveness of chin-down posture and 2 consistencies (nectar or honey) of thickened liquids on the 3-month cumulative incidence of pneumonia in patients with dementia or Parkinson disease.

Design

Randomized, controlled, parallel-design trial in which patients were enrolled for 3-month periods from 9 June 1998 to 19 September 2005.

Setting

47 hospitals and 79 subacute care facilities.

Patients

515 patients age 50 years or older with dementia or Parkinson disease who aspirated thin liquids (demonstrat

SUBMITTER: Robbins J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2364726 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature