Subjects were tested for a maximum of 3 effective inhalations.
The subject was asked to exhale and then to place the mouthpiece and take a sharp,deep inhalation.
Leakage around the mouthpiece and “puffing” the neblizer were not considered effective inhalations.
The test ended when either a cough response was elicited or the subject failed to respond after 3 inhalations.
The LCR response was judged normal or abnormal (weak or absent).
If the subject’s response was absent, higher concentrations of tartaric acid were not used.
The RCT algorithm was followed for subsequent treatment strategies such as restricted diet, nothing by mouth, or nutritional support by means of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) (Figure).
These treatment strategies were noted for all subjects.
After testing the reflex cough, a speech pathologist performed a bedside swallow evaluation and tested for cognition, preswallow and postswallow voice quality, and cranial nerve function.
In this study, the bedside swallowing evaluation comprised a 3-part screen including an evaluation of voluntary cough, a 2-part water test, and a progressive trial of foods and liquid consistencies.
The water test assessed the subject’s ability to hold 15mL of water in his or her mouth for 10 seconds.
The test was repeated with 30mL of water.
The volume of water returned to the receptacle was recorded.
The foods used in this evaluation included pureed, chopped, and cohesive bolus foods.
Thin and thick liquids ranged from water to spoon-thick fluids.
The standard bedside swallow evaluation was performed at the sister hospital by speech pathologist, and videofluoroscopic examinations were done when believed to be clinically indicated by their staff.
This was a prospective study in which 400 consecutive acute stroke patients were tested with the RCT on admission to an acute rehabilitation hospital.
The patients were then treated clinically on the basis of the test result of normal, weak, or absent LCR.
Subjects were tested for a maximum of 3 effective inhalations.
The subject was asked to exhale and then to place the mouthpiece and take a sharp,deep inhalation.
Leakage around the mouthpiece and “puffing” the neblizer were not considered effective inhalations.
The test ended when either a cough response was elicited or the subject failed to respond after 3 inhalations.
The LCR response was judged normal or abnormal (weak or absent).
If the subject’s response was absent, higher concentrations of tartaric acid were not used.
The RCT algorithm was followed for subsequent treatment strategies such as restricted diet, nothing by mouth, or nutritional support by means of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) (Figure).
These treatment strategies were noted for all subjects.
After testing the reflex cough, a speech pathologist performed a bedside swallow evaluation and tested for cognition, preswallow and postswallow voice quality, and cranial nerve function.
In this study, the bedside swallowing evaluation comprised a 3-part screen including an evaluation of voluntary cough, a 2-part water test, and a progressive trial of foods and liquid consistencies.
The water test assessed the subject’s ability to hold 15mL of water in his or her mouth for 10 seconds.
The test was repeated with 30mL of water.
The volume of water returned to the receptacle was recorded.
The foods used in this evaluation included pureed, chopped, and cohesive bolus foods.
Thin and thick liquids ranged from water to spoon-thick fluids.
The standard bedside swallow evaluation was performed at the sister hospital by speech pathologist, and videofluoroscopic examinations were done when believed to be clinically indicated by their staff.
This was a prospective study in which 400 consecutive acute stroke patients were tested with the RCT on admission to an acute rehabilitation hospital.
The patients were then treated clinically on the basis of the test result of normal, weak, or absent LCR.
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