Effect of dysphasia and dysphagia on inpatient mortality and hospital length of stay: A database study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2101-2106

  Guyomard, Veronique ^a   Fulcher, Robert A ^a   Redmayne, Oliver ^a   Metcalf, Anthony K ^a   Potter, John F ^a,b   Myint, Phyo K ^a,b  

^a NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dysphagia; Dysphasia; Inpatient mortality; Length of stay; Outcome; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA BASE; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPHASIA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANKIN SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APHASIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350442975     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02526.x     Document Type: Article

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