The Hydration Status of Adult Patients with Oropharyngeal Dysphagia and the Effect of Thickened Fluid Therapy on Fluid Intake and Hydration: Results of Two Parallel Systematic and Scoping Reviews.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The effect of oropharyngeal dysphagia (OD) and thickened fluid (TF) therapy on hydration status has not been well defined in the literature. We aimed to assess the hydration status in patients with OD and the effect TF therapy has on it.

Methods

Two literature reviews following PRISMA methodology (each one including a systematic and a scoping review) were performed: (R1) hydration status in adult patients with OD; (R2) effect of TF therapy on fluid intake and dehydration. Narrative and descriptive methods summarized both reviews. Quality assessment was assessed by Joanna Briggs Institute tools and GRADE.

Results

(R1) Five out of twenty-two studies using analytical parameters or bioimpedance showed poorer hydration status among OD and 19-100% prevalence of d

SUBMITTER: Vinas P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9228104 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature