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We correlated our findings with baseline data, disability status, pneumonia, duration of hospitalisation, necessity for mechanical ventilation and treatment on the intensive care unit.\u00a0The study was designed as a cross-sectional hospital-based registry.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We investigated 152 patients. The median age was 73; 94 were male. Ischemic stroke was diagnosed in 125 patients (82.2%); 27 (17.8%) suffered intracerebral haemorrhage.<\/jats:p>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Oropharyngeal dysphagia was diagnosed in 72.4% of the patients, and was associated with higher stroke severity on admission (median NIHSS 11 [IQR 6\u201317] vs. 7 [4\u201312],\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u2009.013; median mRS 5 [IQR 4\u20135] vs. 4 [IQR 3\u20135],\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u2009.012). Short-term mortality was higher among patients diagnosed with dysphagia (7.2% vs. 0%,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u2009.107). FEES examinations revealed that only 30.9% of the patients had an oral diet appropriate for their swallowing abilities.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      A change of oral diet was associated with a better outcome at discharge (mRS;\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u2009.006), less need of mechanical ventilation (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u2009.028), shorter period of hospitalisation (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u2009.044), and lower rates of pneumonia (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u2009.007) and mortality (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u2009.011).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Due to the inability of clinical assessments to detect silent aspiration, FEES might be better suited to identify stroke patients at risk and may contribute to a better functional outcome and lower rates of pneumonia and mortality. Our findings also point to a low awareness of dysphagia, even in a specialised stroke centre.<\/jats:p>\n                    <jats:p>FEES in acute stroke patients helps to adjust the oral diet for the vast majority of stroke patients (69.1%) based on their swallowing abilities, potentially avoiding severe complications.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s12883-019-1499-8","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,11,12]],"date-time":"2019-11-12T09:02:59Z","timestamp":1573549379000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":28,"title":["Adjustment of oral diet based on flexible endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES) in acute stroke patients: a cross-sectional hospital-based registry study"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"19","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1738-2773","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Tobias","family":"Braun","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Martin","family":"Juenemann","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Maxime","family":"Viard","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Marco","family":"Meyer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Iris","family":"Reuter","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mario","family":"Prosiegel","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Manfred","family":"Kaps","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Christian","family":"Tanislav","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,11,12]]},"reference":[{"key":"1499_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"383","DOI":"10.1136\/pgmj.2005.043281","volume":"82","author":"S Singh","year":"2006","unstructured":"Singh S, Hamdy S. 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