Acute stroke
Conditions
Interventions
Oral care Indirect training for dysphagia Repetitive saliva swallowing test, RSST Modified water swallow test, MWST Food test, FT Direct training for dysphagia
Sponsors
Iwate Medical University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. NIHSS of 10 to 30 on admission 2. mRS of 0 or 1 prior stroke onset 3. Patients who can orally take three meals per a day and do not need to be thickened for water intake prior stroke onset
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Patiens with supra-tentorial and infra-tentorial stroke lesions. 2. Patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage 3. Patients with severe aspiration pneumonia or suffocation on admission. 4. Patients with severe damage of digestive tract function due to inflammatory bowel disease or short bowel syndrome, etc. 5. Patients with impossible oral intake due to severe dysphagia caused by organic disorder, dementia or drugs prior stroke onset. 6. Patients who are decided by physicians as being inappropriate for entry into the present study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Incidence of development of aspiration pneumonia during hospitalization | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Oral intake level (grade of oral intake and degree of dysphagia on discharge; presence or absence of oral intake during hospitalization; term from admission to start of oral intake) 2. Nutrition indicators (chronological changes of BMI, albumin, total protein, total count of lymphocyte) | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactKuniaki Ogasawara
Iwate Medical University Department of Neurosurgery
Outcome results
None listed