Pharyngeal electrical stimulation for early decannulation in tracheotomised patients with neurogenic dysphagia after stroke (PHAST-TRAC): a prospective, single-blinded, randomised trial

The Lancet Neurology

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2018, Pages 849-859

  Dziewas, Rainer ^a   Stellato, Rebecca ^b   van der Tweel, Ingeborg ^b   Walther, Ernst ^c   Werner, Cornelius J ^d   Braun, Tobias ^e   Citerio, Giuseppe ^f,g   Jandl, Mitja ^h   Friedrichs, Michael ⁱ   Nötzel, Katja ^j   Vosko, Milan R ^k   Mistry, Satish ^l   Hamdy, Shaheen ^m   McGowan, Susan ⁿ   Warnecke, Tobias ^a   Zwittag, Paul ^k   Bath, Philip M ^o   Aroyo, Ilia ^p   Bucka, Christof ^p   Kerz, Thomas ^p   Köstenberger, Markus ^p   Marschner Preuth, Nicole ^p   Niesen, Wolf Dirk ^p   Pfausler, Bettina ^p   more..

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c Schon Klinik Hamburg Eilbek   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^g SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^h KLINIKUM MÜNCHEN OST   (Germany)

ⁱ MEDIAN Klinik Berlin Kladow   (Germany)

^j VIVANTES KLINIKUM NEUKÖLLN   (Germany)

^k KEPLER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^l Phagenesis Limited   (United Kingdom)

^m UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^o UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^p NONE

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUSTRIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DYSPHAGIA; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ESOPHAGUS SURGERY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPOXIA; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PHARYNGEAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEPSIS; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SINUS NODE; STROKE PATIENT; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; TRACHEOTOMY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VOMITING; AGED; CATHETERIZATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; ELECTROTHERAPY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHARYNX; PROCEDURES;

AGED; CATHETERIZATION; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHARYNX; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STROKE; TRACHEOTOMY;

EID: 85055022886     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: 14744465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(18)30255-2     Document Type: Article

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