title: The management of dysphagia in stroke.
abstract: People who have strokes suffer a variety of problems, depending on the site and severity of brain damage. A particularly unpleasant and dangerous one is dysphagia which, if not properly assessed and managed, can prevent the patient receiving adequate nutrition to enable him or her to participate fully in a rigorous rehabilitation programme, or which may even cause his or her death through aspiration of food. The authors describe an appropriate nursing response to the problem, and advocate a multidisciplinary approach to the management of nutrition in the care of patients with strokes.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Beadle
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Townsend
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Palmer
mesh_terms: D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000451:nursing* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003679:Deglutition / Q000502:physiology; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing*; D004750:Enteral Nutrition; D006801:Humans