Gastroesophageal Reflux during Enteral Feeding in Stroke Patients: A 24-hour Esophageal pH-monitoring Study

Conclusions: GER is associated with aspiration pneumonia and occurs more often in patients with stroke lesions in the left hemisphere.

Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - August 19, 2011 Category: Neurology Authors: Yukie Satou, Hiroaki Oguro, Yo Murakami, Keiichi Onoda, Shingo Mitaki, Chizuko Hamada, Ryo Mizuhara, Shuhei Yamaguchi Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research