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Pneumonia in Acute Stroke Patients Fed by Nasogastric Tube
JNNP 75:852-856, Dziewas,R.,et al, 2004
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Article Abstract
Nasogastric tubes offer only limited protection against aspiration pneumonia in patients with dysphagia from acute stroke. Pneumonia occurs mainly in the first days of the illness and patients with decreased consciousness and a severe facial palsy are especially endangered.
 
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