Prospective Quality Initiative to Maximize Dysphagia Screening Reduces Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia Prevalence in Patients With Stroke [Clinical Sciences]
Conclusions—
A quality improvement initiative using a nurse-administered bedside screen with rapid bedside swallow evaluation by a speech pathologist improves screening compliance and correlates with decreased prevalence of pneumonia among patients with stroke.
Source: Stroke - Category: Neurology Authors: Titsworth, W. L., Abram, J., Fullerton, A., Hester, J., Guin, P., Waters, M. F., Mocco, J. Tags: Other Stroke Treatment - Medical Clinical Sciences Source Type: research
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