Publications by authors named "Beate Lindner-Pfleghar"

Article Synopsis
  • - The study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the Functional Bedside Aspiration Screen (FBAS) for predicting aspiration risk in patients with acute stroke, using a sample of 101 ischemic stroke patients.
  • - Results showed FBAS had varying sensitivity (65.8% for penetration risk and 73% for aspiration risk) and specificity (70.2% for penetration and 62% for aspiration), with higher accuracy in patients with milder strokes.
  • - FBAS scores correlated with the need for therapeutic interventions and dietary changes, suggesting it could serve as a quick assessment tool in environments lacking more advanced testing options, though further research with more participants is needed.
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Background: Patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) suffer from dysphagia that increases the risk for aspiration, pneumonia and weight loss. Pharyngeal electrical stimulation (PES) is a therapeutic technique that applies electric stimuli to the patient's pharynx in order to improve swallowing based on the principle of cortical plasticity and reorganization. Previous studies have demonstrated positive effects in patients with various neurological diseases.

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Background And Purpose: Fever is a common observation after ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke and is associated with a worse clinical outcome. Infections, stroke severity, preexisting medical conditions, insertion of catheters, and dysphagia have been implicated in causing poststroke fever. Given that dysphagia has not been evaluated in detail yet, the aim of this study was to investigate if the severity of dysphagia assessed by a detailed swallowing assessment predicts poststroke fever.

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Background: At present, the flexible endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES) is one of the most commonly used methods for the objective assessment of swallowing. This multicenter trial prospectively collected data on the safety of FEES and also assessed the impact of this procedure on clinical dysphagia management.

Methods: Patients were recruited in 23 hospitals in Germany and Switzerland from September 2014 to May 2017.

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Background: Neurogenic dysphagia is one of the most frequent and prognostically relevant neurological deficits in a variety of disorders, such as stroke, parkinsonism and advanced neuromuscular diseases. Flexible endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES) is now probably the most frequently used tool for objective dysphagia assessment in Germany. It allows evaluation of the efficacy and safety of swallowing, determination of appropriate feeding strategies and assessment of the efficacy of different swallowing manoeuvres.

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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is the most common neurodegenerative disease of the motor system. Bulbar symptoms such as dysphagia and dysarthria are frequent features of ALS and can result in reductions in life expectancy and quality of life. These dysfunctions are assessed by clinical examination and by use of instrumented methods such as fiberendoscopic evaluation of swallowing and videofluoroscopy.

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