Quality Improvement Initiative Using Predictive Swallowing Score to Guide Nutritional Support for Patients With Post-Stroke Dysphagia
Development of a structured nutritional support algorithm incorporating PRESS may help facilitate sooner gastrostomy placement without increasing gastrostomy placement frequency and encourage more discharges to inpatient rehabilitation facilities with NGTs.
Authors
- Lester Y. Leung (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5027-7740)
- Katelyn Skeels
- Emiliya Melkumova (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-7429-6525)
- Devin Zebelean
- Amr Jijakli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3927-9091)
- Brigid Dwyer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6446-8054)
- Ariel Savitz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-6425-0204)
- Ashley LaChance (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-6551-8315)
- Krista Swanson
Institutions
- Boston Medical Center (US)
- Tufts Medical Center (US)
- Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Tinton Falls (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Neurology Clinical Practice
- Published
- 2024-08-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1212/cpj.0000000000200352
- Primary Topic
- Dysphagia Assessment and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00