Dysphagia Post-Extubation Affects Long-Term Mortality in Mixed Adult ICU Patients-Data From a Large Prospective Observational Study With Systematic Dysphagia Screening.

ABSTRACT: Data on long-term effects of post-extubation dysphagia is lacking. We investigate mid- and long-term clinical outcomes in a large sample of ICU patients with systematic dysphagia screening.

Design

Outcome analysis with a follow-up of 6 years or death (whichever occurred earlier) of ICU patients from a prospective observational trial (Dysphagia in Mechanically Ventilated ICU Patients study) with systematic dysphagia screening.

Setting

ICU of a tertiary care academic center.

Patients

Nine-hundred thirty-three mixed medical-surgical ICU patients (median age, 66 yr; interquartile range [IQR], 54-74, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II score 19 [IQR, 14-24], 71% male).

Interventions

ICU patients were followed up for a mean follow-up period of 1,731 ± 77

SUBMITTER: Zuercher P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9225494 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature