Current practices in feeding tube placement for US acute ischemic stroke inpatients.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We sought to identify current US hospital practices for feeding tube placement in ischemic stroke.

Methods

In a retrospective observational study, we examined the frequency of feeding tube placement among hospitals in the Nationwide Inpatient Sample with ≥30 adult ischemic stroke admissions annually with length of stay greater than 3 days. We examined trends from 2004 to 2011 and predictors using data from more recent years (2008-2011). We used multilevel multivariable regression models accounting for a hospital random effect, adjusted for patient-level and hospital-level factors to predict feeding tube placement.

Results

Feeding tube insertion rates did not change from 2004 to 2011 (8.1 vs 8.4 per 100 admissions; p trend = 0.11). Among 1,540 hospitals with

SUBMITTER: George BP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4153849 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature