Comparison of Oral and Nasal Tube Feeding on Stroke-related Dysphagia
This was a prospective multicenter study. the patients after stroke with were randomly divided into the observation group and the control group. All patients were given comprehensive rehabilitation therapy. During the treatment, enteral nutrition support was provided for the two groups by Intermittent Oro-esophageal tube feeding and nasogastric tube feeding, respectively. Nutritional status, dysphagia, quality of life and depression before and after treatment were compared.
- EligibilityCriteria: Inclusion Criteria:  age ≥ 18 years; meeting the diagnostic criteria of stroke; any degree of dysphagia at admission; steady vital signs, without severe cognitive impairment or sensory aphasia, able to cooperate with the assessment. transferred out within three weeks of hospitalization in the neurology department.  Exclusion Criteria:  complicated with other neurological diseases; damaged mucosa or incomplete structure in nasopharynx; tracheostomy tube plugged; unfeasible to the support of parenteral nutrition; simultaneously suffering from liver, kidney failure, tumors, or hematological diseases. - HealthyVolunteers: No - Gender: All - MinimumAge: 18 Years - StdAgeList: Adult, Older Adult