Nutritional assessment and post-procedural complications in older stroke patients after insertion of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy – a retrospective study

BACKGROUND: Oropharyngeal dysphagia is one of the major complications of stroke and a risk factor for malnutrition and prolonged in-hospital stay. OBJECTIVE: The overall aim was to describe to what extent nutritional assessments (i.e. BMI kg/m(2), eating problem, and weight loss) were performed and...

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Autores principales: Hede, Gunnel Wärn, Faxén-Irving, Gerd, Olin, Ann Ödlund, Ebbeskog, Britt, Crisby, Milita
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Co-Action Publishing 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4973443/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27487849
http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/fnr.v60.30456

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4973443/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27487849
http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/fnr.v60.30456

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