Dysphagia screening for patients with stroke challenges in implementing a joint commission guideline

ASHA Leader

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Swigert, Nancy B ^a   Steele, Catriona ^b,c   Riquelme, Luis F ^d,e,f  

^a CENTRAL BAPTIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Riquelme and Associates PC   (United States)

^f CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 47949105227     PISSN: 10859586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/leader.ftr1.12032007.4     Document Type: Article

References (4)

1. ASHA (2004). Preferred Practice Patterns for the Profession of Speech-Language Pathology. Rockville, MD: Author. Available from www.asha. org/policy.
2. Martino, R., Pron, G., & Diamant, N. E. (2000). Screening for oropharyngeal dysphagia in stroke: Insufficient evidence for guidelines. Dysphagia, 15, 19-30.
3. Perry, L., & Love, C. P. (2001). Screening for dysphagia and aspiration in acute stroke: a systematic review. Dysphagia, 16(1), 7-18.
4. Joint Commission (2006). Stroke Disease Specific Care Performance Measures, retrieved January 22, 2007 from www. jointcommission. org/NR/rdonlyres/290C2DD7-8A8A-4854-82CCCE6F6FD692E7/0/ F_Section4_Oct04.pdf.