Clinical factors predicting risk for aspiration and respiratory aspiration among patients with Stroke.

CONCLUSION: dysphagia, Impaired or absent gag reflex were the best predictors both for Risk for aspiration and respiratory aspiration.
PMID: 25885362 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem - April 14, 2015 Category: Nursing Authors: Oliveira AR, Costa AG, Morais HC, Cavalcante TF, Lopes MV, Araujo TL Tags: Rev Lat Am Enfermagem Source Type: research