The Multidisciplinary Swallowing Team Approach Decreases Pneumonia Onset in Acute Stroke Patients.

Dysphagia occurs in acute stroke patients at high rates, and many of them develop aspiration pneumonia. Team approaches with the cooperation of various professionals have the power to improve the quality of medical care, utilizing the specialized knowledge and skills of each professional. In our hos...

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Main Authors: Shiro Aoki, Naohisa Hosomi, Junko Hirayama, Masahiro Nakamori, Mineka Yoshikawa, Tomohisa Nezu, Satoshi Kubo, Yuka Nagano, Akiko Nagao, Naoya Yamane, Yuichi Nishikawa, Megumi Takamoto, Hiroki Ueno, Kazuhide Ochi, Hirofumi Maruyama, Hiromi Yamamoto, Masayasu Matsumoto, Hiroshima University Hospital Stroke Swallowing Team
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4854465?pdf=render