Fiberoptic Endoscopic Examination of Swallowing (FEES) Evaluation in Post Stroke Patients (original) (raw)
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Objective: Knowing such dysphagic stroke patients’ ability to swallow various food consistencies from instrumental investigations will help the medical staff choose the appropriate and safe food consistencies, and lead to a better swallowing outcome. This study aimed to determine the safety of food textures and drink consistencies in stroke patients with dysphagia.Materials and Methods: Stroke patients who failed the small-volume water swallow test (WST) and underwent fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES) at the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine from 2017 to 2020 were reviewed. The patients’ characteristics and safe food textures and drink consistencies from their FEES results were collected. They were given a bolus test, which included four modified food textures and three varying drink consistencies, as adapted from the International Dysphagia Diet Standardization Initiative. The sequence of bolus test was adjusted by participants’ swallowing abilities individu...
Evaluation of Swallowing Disorder in Ischemic Stroke Patients By Flexible Endoscopic
Indonesian Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2019
Introduction: Dysphagia is one of the complications of stroke and closely associated with increasing of aspiration pneumonia. Evaluation of dysphagia was necessary to prevent pneumonia due to aspiration has effectively done by fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES). Methods: The study was a cross sectional study with convenience sampling. The subjects were stroke outpatients from July to December 2018. The FEES was conducted to assess the swallowing dysfunction and the data were collected. Results: There was six post ischemic stroke subjects, mean age (SD) was 55.17 (9.13) years and 4 subjects were male. All subjects had standing secretion in pre-swallowing assessment. 3 subjects used nasogastric tube (NGT) to fulfill the intake safely. In swallowing assessment, all subjects had residue at vallecula and/or pyriformis sinus. 2 subjects had penetration only and 4 subjects had penetration with aspiration. There was inadequate cough reflex in 2 subjects.
Ceska A Slovenska Neurologie A Neurochirurgie, 2020
Background: Neurogenic dysphagia is one of the most frequent and prognostically relevant neurological deficits in a variety of disorders, such as stroke, parkinsonism and advanced neuromuscular diseases. Flexible endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES) is now probably the most frequently used tool for objective dysphagia assessment in Germany. It allows evaluation of the efficacy and safety of swallowing, determination of appropriate feeding strategies and assessment of the efficacy of different swallowing manoeuvres. The literature furthermore indicates that FEES is a safe and well-tolerated procedure. In spite of the huge demand for qualified dysphagia diagnostics in neurology, a systematic FEES education has not yet been established. Results: The structured training curriculum presented in this article aims to close this gap and intends to enforce a robust and qualified FEES service. As management of neurogenic dysphagia is not confined to neurologists, this educational programme is applicable to other clinicians and speech-language therapists with expertise in dysphagia as well. Conclusion: The systematic education in carrying out FEES across a variety of different professions proposed by this curriculum will help to spread this instrumental approach and to improve dysphagia management.
Incidence of Dysphagia in Acute Stroke Patients: An Early Screening and Management
International Journal of Phonosurgery & Laryngology, 2021
Original research language pathologist in which various maneuvers could be elicited on patients to assess which method would be more helpful in improving their symptom. During FEES, we closely monitored SPO 2 (oxygen saturation) of our patients. The three scales considered were penetration aspiration scale, secretion rating scale, and residue rating scale. According to the severity of score, patients were given compensatory and rehabilitative swallowing therapy. • Stroke severity was assessed by NIHSS score. • Location of stroke was done on the basis of computed tomography (CT) scan of the brain. The primary aim of our study was to assess the incidence of dysphagia in acute stroke patients and analyze the benefits of early screening and management. Statistical Analysis Data were expressed as number (%) and compared using Wilcoxon signed-rank test. The two groups (patients with dysphagia vs • Fiber-optic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES): 3 We performed this procedure along with our speech and
European Stroke Journal
Post-stroke dysphagia (PSD) is present in more than 50 % of acute stroke patients, increases the risk of complications, in particular aspiration pneumonia, malnutrition and dehydration, and is linked to poor outcome and mortality. The aim of this guideline is to assist all members of the multidisciplinary team in their management of patients with PSD. These guidelines were developed based on the European Stroke Organisation (ESO) standard operating procedure and followed the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) approach. An interdisciplinary working group identified 20 relevant questions, performed systematic reviews and meta-analyses of the literature, assessed the quality of the available evidence, and wrote evidence-based recommendations. Expert opinion was provided if not enough evidence was available to provide recommendations based on the GRADE approach. We found moderate quality of evidence to recommend dysphagia screening in all stroke ...
The Natural History of Dysphagia following a Stroke
Dysphagia, 1997
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Dysphagia Bedside Screening for Acute-Stroke Patients: The Gugging Swallowing Screen
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Background and Purpose— Acute-onset dysphagia after stroke is frequently associated with an increased risk of aspiration pneumonia. Because most screening tools are complex and biased toward fluid swallowing, we developed a simple, stepwise bedside screen that allows a graded rating with separate evaluations for nonfluid and fluid nutrition starting with nonfluid textures. The Gugging Swallowing Screen (GUSS) aims at reducing the risk of aspiration during the test to a minimum; it assesses the severity of aspiration risk and recommends a special diet accordingly. Methods— Fifty acute-stroke patients were assessed prospectively. The validity of the GUSS was established by fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing. For interrater reliability, 2 independent therapists evaluated 20 patients within a 2-hour period. For external validity, another group of 30 patients was tested by stroke nurses. For content validity, the liquid score of the fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallow...
Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2013
As with many other neurological disorders, stroke often leads to an impairment of the swallowing mechanism. There is a proven high incidence of aspiration with the potential to cause pneumonia. [3,4] This is a significant factor causing mortality in stroke. Hence, care needs to be taken by the treating stroke team to prevent this complication. The initial management of dysphagia in stroke often consists of the insertion of a naso-gastric tube (NGT). This is followed by bedside assessment of the return of normal swallowing process, and decision for NGT removal. While this suffices in most cases, occasionally there exists a doubt about aspiration. This necessitates a more precise method of evaluation. Here, two modalities have been described: Flexible endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES) and video-fluoroscopic study of swallowing (VFSS). It is our contention that FEES suffices to look for laryngeal penetration of oral feeds and to take the final decision about NGT removal, in those patients at risk. We present a report of our experience with FEES assessment. Also, we have
Predictors of prolonged dysphagia following acute stroke
Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 2003
Dysphagia following acute stroke frequently necessitates prolonged enteral feeding. There is evidence that early enteral feeding via percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is both beneficial and safe. The aim of this study was to identify predictors of prolonged dysphagia. The subjects were 149 consecutive patients admitted with acute stroke. Clinical findings and imaging results were prospectively collected, and subsequent progress recorded. Subjects were divided into 3 groups for analysis: no dysphagia; transient dysphagia (O14 days); or prolonged dysphagia (>14 days). Validity of the water swallow test as a predictor of aspiration pneumonia was confirmed. Significant associations for prolonged dysphagia were seen with stroke severity, dysphasia and lesions of the frontal and insular cortex on brain imaging. These results indicate that it may be possible to predict patients who will develop prolonged significant dysphagia following acute stroke thereby facilitating referral for insertion of PEG at an earlier time point. ª
Dysphagia in stroke: Development of a standard method to examine swallowing recovery
The Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development, 2006
This study began development of a standard method that uses the videofluoroscopic swallow study for evaluation of swallowing recovery after stroke based on a definition of dysphagia derived from three domains: bolus timing, bolus direction, and bolus clearance. Two experiments were conducted: one that defined normal versus disordered swallowing based on the range of scores in a sample of healthy adults (n = 13), and one that applied these thresholds to nine stroke patients to identify the presence of dysphagia. Results indicate that acute and protracted dysphagia may be more accurately detected by identifying abnormalities on multiple objective measures of swallowing rather than on laryngeal penetration or aspiration alone. Results indicate that our selected measures and use of healthy control subjects to establish normal thresholds may eventually contribute to the definition and differentiation of dysphagic and nondysphagic patients. Further research with a broader sample of healthy controls and stroke patients is mandatory.