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Route of feeding as a proxy for dysphagia after stroke and the effect of transdermal glyceryl trinitrate: data from the efficacy of nitric oxide in stroke randomised controlled trial

Woodhouse, Lisa J.; Scutt, Polly; Hamdy, Shaheen; Smithard, D.G.; Cohen, David L.; Roffe, Christine; Bereczki, Daniel; Berge, Eivind; Bladin, Christopher F.; Caso, Valeria; Christensen, Hanne; Collins, Ronan; Czlonkowska, Anna; de Silva, Asita; Etribi, Anwar; Laska, Ann Charlotte; Ntaios, George; Ozturk, Serefnur; Phillips, Stephen J.; Prasad, Kameshwar; Szatmari, Szabolcs; Sprigg, Nikola; Bath, Philip M.W.

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Authors

Polly Scutt

Shaheen Hamdy

D.G. Smithard

David L. Cohen

Christine Roffe

Daniel Bereczki

Eivind Berge

Christopher F. Bladin

Valeria Caso

Hanne Christensen

Ronan Collins

Anna Czlonkowska

Asita de Silva

Anwar Etribi

Ann Charlotte Laska

George Ntaios

Serefnur Ozturk

Stephen J. Phillips

Kameshwar Prasad

Szabolcs Szatmari

NIKOLA SPRIGG nikola.sprigg@nottingham.ac.uk
Professor of Stroke Medicine

Philip M.W. Bath



Abstract

Post-stroke dysphagia is common, associated with poor outcome and often requires non-oral feeding/fluids. The relationship between route of feeding and outcome, as well as treatment with glyceryl trinitrate (GTN), was studied prospectively. The Efficacy of Nitric Oxide in Stroke (ENOS) trial assessed transdermal GTN (5 mg versus none for 7 days) in 4011 patients with acute stroke and high blood pressure. Feeding route (oral = normal or soft diet; nonoral = nasogastric tube, percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube, parenteral fluids, no fluids) was assessed at baseline and day 7. The primary outcome was the modified Rankin Scale (mRS) measured at day 90. At baseline, 1331 (33.2%) patients had non-oral feeding, were older, had more severe stroke and more were female, than 2680 (66.8%) patients with oral feeding. By day 7, 756 patients had improved from non-oral to oral feeding, and 119 had deteriorated. Non-oral feeding at baseline was associated with more impairment at day 7 (Scandinavian Stroke Scale 29.0 versus 43.7; 2p < 0.001), and worse mRS (4.0 versus 2.7; 2p < 0.001) and death (23.6 versus 6.8%; 2p = 0.014) at day 90. Although GTN did not modify route of feeding overall, randomisation ≤6 hours of stroke was associated with a move to more oral feeding at day 7 (odds ratio = 0.61, 95% confidence intervals 0.38, 0.98; 2p = 0.040). As a proxy for dysphagia, non-oral feeding is present in 33% of patients with acute stroke and associated with more impairment, dependency and death. GTN moved feeding route towards oral intake if given very early after stroke.

Citation

Woodhouse, L. J., Scutt, P., Hamdy, S., Smithard, D., Cohen, D. L., Roffe, C., …Bath, P. M. (in press). Route of feeding as a proxy for dysphagia after stroke and the effect of transdermal glyceryl trinitrate: data from the efficacy of nitric oxide in stroke randomised controlled trial. Translational Stroke Research, 9(2), https://doi.org/10.1007/s12975-017-0548-0

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jul 3, 2017
Online Publication Date Aug 2, 2017
Deposit Date Jul 14, 2017
Publicly Available Date Aug 2, 2017
Journal Translational Stroke Research
Print ISSN 1868-4483
Electronic ISSN 1868-601X
Publisher Springer Verlag
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 9
Issue 2
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s12975-017-0548-0
Keywords Dysphagia, Glyceryl trinitrate, Outcome, Randomised controlled trial, Stroke
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/875430
Publisher URL https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12975-017-0548-0
Contract Date Jul 14, 2017

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