NEED FOR IMMEDIATE SWALLOWING SCREENING IN POST STROKE PATIENTS
Stroke is the leading cause of severe neurological disability in adults and is allied with an array of complications. Dysphagia complicates acute ischemic strokes (AIS) in 42% cases and is more evident during the first week after ischemic stroke. Chest infection complicates AIS in 32% of th...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Rand Publications
2017-12-01
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| Series: | The Rehabilitation Journal |
| Online Access: | https://trjournal.org/index.php/TRJ/article/view/39 |