Assessment and Management of Dysphagia in Acute Stroke: An Initial Service Review of International Practice.

ABSTRACT: The international approach to the assessment and management of dysphagia in the acute phase post stroke is little studied. A questionnaire was sent to clinicians in stroke services that explored the current practice in dysphagia screening, assessment, and management within the acute phase post stroke. The findings from four (the UK, the US, Canada, and Australia) of the 22 countries returning data are analysed. Consistent approaches to dysphagia screening and the modification of food and liquid were identified across all four countries. The timing of videofluoroscopy (VFS) assessment was significantly different, with the US utilising this assessment earlier post stroke. Compensatory and Postural techniques were employed significantly more by Canada and the US than the UK and Australia. Onl

SUBMITTER: Fairfield CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7151229 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature