PMID: 11605214Oct 19, 2001Paper

Findings of bedside swallowing assessment and brain computerized tomography in patients with chronic cerebral infarction, and their outcome

Nihon Ronen Igakkai zasshi. Japanese journal of geriatrics
T IwamotoT Imamura

Abstract

To estimate the usefulness of the bedside swallowing assessment proposed by Smithard et al and neuroimaging findings characteristic for dysphagia, we studied the outcome of 102 patients with chronic cerebral infarction after assessment of swallowing by this test with brain computerized tomography (CT). All patients had a variety of motor disturbance and were admitted on a long-term medicare basis. They were divided into two groups according to the findings: the positive group (n = 33), who showed any of the listed types of difficulty in swallowing water, and the negative group (n = 69). Followed up to 2.2 years, their outcomes were studied. CT findings were studied on type of infarction, number and laterality of infarction, grade of periventricular lucency (PVL), presence of ventricular dilatation (VD), and severity of cortical atrophy (CA). The mean age was 76.4 years at registration and 61 were men. The frequency of severe dementia and disturbed ADL were significantly higher in the positive group. Eighteen patients died during the observation period and 15 of those were in the positive group, indicating higher annual death rate (29.9% vs 2.2% in the negative group). All of the 15 patients in the positive group died of pneumon...Continue Reading

Citations

Feb 11, 2012·Nihon Ronen Igakkai zasshi. Japanese journal of geriatrics·Toshihiko Iwamoto
Feb 25, 2014·Auris, Nasus, Larynx·Akihiro KojimaShigeharu Fujieda
Jan 16, 2007·Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria·Anna Flávia Ferraz BarrosAna Maria Furkim

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