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Iwamoto, Masako Nutrition Management Department, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital|Department of Nutrition and Metabolism, Institute of Health Biosciences, the University of Tokushima Graduate School
Higashibeppu, Naoki Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital
Arioka, Yasutaka Nutrition Management Department, Kobe City Medical Center West Hospital
Nakaya, Yutaka Department of Nutrition and Metabolism, Institute of Health Biosciences, the University of Tokushima Graduate School Tokushima University Educator and Researcher Directory KAKEN Search Researchers
Keywords
dysphagia
nutrition therapy
swallowing rehabilitation
acute care hospital
Content Type
Journal Article
Description
Dysphagia is associated with nutritional deficits and increased risk of aspiration pneumonia. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the impact of nutrition therapy for the patients with dysphagia at an acute care hospital. We also tried to clarify the factors which improve swallowing function in these patients. Seventy patients with dysphagia were included in the present study. Multidisciplinary nutrition support team evaluated swallowing function and nutrition status. Most patients were fed by parenteral or enteral nutrition at the time of the first round. Of these 70 patients, 36 became able to eat orally. The improvement of swallowing function was associated with higher BMI in both genders and higher AMC in men. Mortality was high in the patients with lower BMI and %AMC, suggesting importance of maintaining muscle mass. Thirteen (38.2%) of 34 patients who did not show any improvement in swallowing function died, but no patients who showed improvement died (p<0.001). In addition, the patients with nutrition intake about<22 kcal/kg/day during follow-up period, showed significantly poorer recovery from dysphagia and poor outcome, compared to those with about>22 kcal/kg/day. These results suggest that it is important to maintain nutritional status to promote rehabilitation in patients with dysphagia even in an acute care hospital.
Journal Title
The journal of medical investigation : JMI
ISSN
13431420
NCID
AA11166929
Volume
61
Issue
3-4
Start Page
353
End Page
360
Sort Key
353
Published Date
2014-08
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language
eng
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Medical Sciences