Improving Quality of Life among Stroke Patients with
Dysphagia: A Case Report
*Yuet - Ying WONG
DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2017.01.000307
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- Division of Nursing & Health Studies, The Open University of Hong Kong
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Yuet - Ying WONG, Division of Nursing & Health Studies, The Open University of Hong Kong
Received: August 16, 2017; Published: August 29, 2017
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Abstract
Dysphagia is a disorder that includes any dysfunction from chewing in the mouth to the passage of the bolus into the oesophagus [1].
In the United States, 50%-75% of nursing home residents are estimated as having dysphagia [2]. Dysphagia increases the risk of aspiration
pneumonia by up to sevenfold [3] and leads high mortality rates of up to 40% [1]. The most common treatment for patients with dysphagia is
the introduction of feeding tubes to prevent aspiration pneumonia [4]. Hence, this paper illustrates the interventions and treatments for stroke
patients with dysphagia and the problems encountered by them.
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