Early swallowing rehabilitation and promotion of total oral intake in patients with aspiration pneumonia: A retrospective study.

Yumi Otaka Yukinori HaradaKanako ShirotoYoshiaki MorinagaTaro Shimizu

Published in: PloS one (2024)

The new protocol for early swallowing assessment, rehabilitation, and promotion of oral intake in patients admitted with aspiration pneumonia may be associated with the lower risk for the composite outcomes of in-hospital mortality and no recovery to total oral intake.

Keyphrases

ultrasound guided
weight gain
type diabetes
metabolic syndrome
intensive care unit
community acquired pneumonia
skeletal muscle
insulin resistance
acute respiratory distress syndrome