作者
Peter B Sporns, Paul Muhle, Uta Hanning, Sonja Suntrup-Krueger, Wolfram Schwindt, Julian Eversmann, Tobias Warnecke, Rainer Wirth, Sebastian Zimmer, Rainer Dziewas
发表日期
2017/7/1
期刊
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
卷号
18
期号
7
页码范围
635. e1-635. e7
出版商
Elsevier
简介
Importance
Sarcopenia has been identified as an independent risk factor for dysphagia. Dysphagia is one of the most important and prognostically relevant complications of acute stroke. The role of muscle atrophy as a contributing factor for the occurrence of poststroke dysphagia is yet unclear.
Objective
To assess whether there is a correlation between age and muscle volume and whether muscle volume is related to dysphagia in acute stroke patients.
Design, Setting, and Participants
This retrospective, single-center study included 73 patients with acute ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke who underwent computed tomography angiography on admission and an objective dysphagia assessment by Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing within 72 hours from admission. With the help of semiautomated muscle segmentation and 3-dimensional reconstruction volumetry of the digastric, temporal, and geniohyoid …
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