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Volume 7, Issue 4 (Suppl) J Neurol Neurophysiol
ISSN:2155-9562 JNN, an open access journal
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Neurology Congress 2016
September 21-23, 2016
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September 21-23, 2016 Amsterdam, Netherlands
8th European Neurology Congress
Correlation between Dysphagia and nutritional indicators in ischemic stroke patients at the time of hospital
admission
Frid Hajibonabi
Tabriz University of Medical sciences, Iran
Dysphagia and poor nutritional status are common complications of stroke; however, possible associations between them are not
well understood. Furthermore, it is necessary to perform a nutritional assessment of the patient in the early hours of admission,
to determine both the nutritional status and the presence of dysphagia. So in this study, potential associations between dysphagia and
nutritional indicators in patients with acute ischemic stroke at the time of hospital admission were evaluated. In this observational
cross-sectional study, patients with ischemic stroke admitted to academic medical centers were enrolled. We studied 30 patients with
stroke at the time of admission. The frequency of dysphagia and dysphasia grading score was evaluated. Nutritional indicators were
assessed by knee height, mid arm circumference, triceps skin fold thickness, and calf circumference of all the admitted patients. The
possible correlation between dysphagia and each parameter was evaluated. On clinical assessments 73.33% of patients demonstrated
dysphagia. Dysphagia, was significantly associated with lower calf circumference (P<0.05), but not with other nutritional indicators
(knee height, mid arm circumference, triceps skin fold thickness). To be concluded, Dysphasia is a prevalent problem in patients with
acute ischemic stroke; however, it’s not associated with major nutritional failure at the time of hospital admission.
Biography
Farid Hajibonabi is a medical student at Tabriz University of Medical Sciences. He has started working on research projects since the first year of education and
is still working on the projects related to neurological diseases. He is a member of student neuroscience committee of neuroscience research center in Tabriz
University of medical sciences.
Frid Hajibonabi, J Neurol Neurophysiol 2016, 7:4 (Suppl)