… of oral feeding. Feeding in this way may put these patients at risk of aspiration pneumonia
… may mitigate this problem without completely eliminating aspiration risk, but in a significant …

… Sub-analyses were performed considering the dose, the dosing schedule, and the route of
… the number of patients at risk of acid aspiration. PPI administered in two oral doses or in a …

… aspirate is gastric or pharyngeal. The kind of bacterial contamination is, however, more difficult
to establish. Oral … for colonization of Gramnegative bacteria in oral and pharyngeal flora in …

… of aspiration risk based on the number of risk factors present; appropriate preventive measures
can then be instituted based on severity of risk, … them at high risk for aspiration. A recent …

… %) preferred NJT, and 23 (24.5%) preferred oral route. Caregivers were educated for the
methods and key points of oral feeding in such patients. No immediate procedure-associated …

… There is an undue emphasis on aspiration as a risk and as a … base for many interventions
to manage risk is not adequately … risk feeding supports an unduly defensive approach to oral …

… Eligibility criteria included the consecutive enrollment of acute-stroke inpatients and the
development of a protocol for screening aspiration risk during oral feeding in this population. …

… Decisions concerning the best route of alimentation for patients considered to be “at risk”
for aspiration may put the health care team and the patient into conflict. Most conflicts can be …

… No patients were fed via the jejunal route. There were 27 tube-fed patients in the group of …
risk factor for aspiration in our study. Horner and coworkers studied risk factors for aspiration in …

… and drink despite a perceived risk of choking or aspiration have become common in recent
… FORWARD (Feeding via the Oral Route With Acknowledged Risk of Deterioration) bundle …