1. Best Practice Recommendations for Stroke Patients with Dysphagia: A Delphi-Based Consensus Study of Experts in Turkey-Part I: Management, Diagnosis, and Follow-up
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Fatih Karaahmet, Nefati Kiylioglu, Eda Gurcay, Canan Tikiz, Ayşe Yaliman, Aylin Sari, Banu Aydeniz, Meral Bilgilisoy, Cumhur Ertekin, Mehmet Fevzi Oztekin, Güleser Saylam, Zeynep Alev Ozcete, Ebru Umay, Arif Yüksel, Mazlum Serdar Akaltun, Yaprak Seçil, Ilknur Albayrak Gezer, Sevnaz Şahin, Aylin Demirhan, Tanu Yalcin Gokler, Meltem Vural, Barin Selcuk, Ali Yavuz Karahan, Murat Inanir, Yalkın Calik, Gulistan Bahat, Serkan Bengisu, Ebru Alemdaroğlu, Sibel Eyigör, Serdar Mercimekci, Betul Yavuz Keles, Özgür Zeliha Karaahmet, Esra Giray, Ekin Ilke Sen, Baha Sezgin, Sibel Alicura, Zeliha Unlu, and Dilek Keskin
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Consensus ,Turkey ,Stroke patient ,Best practice ,Delphi method ,Speech and Hearing ,otorhinolaryngologic diseases ,medicine ,Humans ,Outpatient clinic ,Stroke ,computer.programming_language ,business.industry ,Gastroenterology ,medicine.disease ,Dysphagia ,Otorhinolaryngology ,Medical emergency ,medicine.symptom ,Deglutition Disorders ,business ,computer ,Delphi ,Follow-Up Studies - Abstract
Dysphagia is one of the most common and important complications of stroke. It is an independent marker of poor outcome after acute stroke and may become chronic after the acute period and continues to affect all aspects of the patient's life. Patients with stroke may encounter any of the medical branches in the emergency room or outpatient clinic, and as in our country, there may not be specialists specific for dysphagia, such as speech-language pathologists (SLP), in every hospital. This study aimed to raise awareness and create a common opinion of medical specialists for stroke patients with dysphagia. This recommendation paper has been written by a multidisciplinary team and offers 45 recommendations for stroke patients with dysphagia. It was created using the eight-step Delphi round via e-mail. This study is mostly specific to Turkey. However, since it contains detailed recommendations from the perspective of various disciplines associated with stroke, this consensus-based recommendation paper is not only a useful guide to address clinical questions in practice for the clinical management of dysphagia in terms of management, diagnosis, and follow-up, but also includes detailed comments for these topics.
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- 2021