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Article: Research from T. Oto and co-authors reveals new findings on dysphagia.
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- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- November 11, 2009
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"The aim of this article was to develop a simple predictive model of dysphagia. for stroke patients. The study enrolled patients recovering from first-ever stroke (supratentorial lesions) staying in a long-term rehabilitation hospital," investigators in Nishinomiya, Japan report (see also Dysphagia).
"On admission, all patients were being fed via nasogastric or percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube. Functional Independence Measure (FIM ™) scores were assessed on admission. FIM-motor and cognition score, age, days after onset on admission were set as explanatory variables. Target criteria were defined as dichotomous categories; completely oral ...