Success of recommending oral diets in acute stroke patients based on passing a 90-cc water swallow challenge protocol.

Purpose: This study investigated the success of recommending specific oral diets following an acute stroke based on passing a 90-cc water swallow challenge protocol.

Method: The study was a single group consecutively referred case series design. The study took place in a large, urban, tertiary care teaching hospital and involved 75 acute adult stroke inpatients in a 90-cc water swallow challenge.