Nutritional assessment and post-procedural complications in older stroke patients after insertion of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy - a retrospective study

  • Gunnel Wärn Hede Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Nursing, Karolinska Institutet
  • Gerd Faxén-Irving
  • Ann Ödlund Olin
  • Britt Ebbeskog
  • Milita Crisby
Keywords: stroke, oropharyngeal dysphagia, percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy, nutritional status, post-procedural complications

Abstract

Background: Oropharyngeal dysphagia is one of the major complications of stroke and a risk factor for malnutrition and prolonged in-hospital stay.

Objective: The overall aim was to describe to what extent nutritional assessments (i.e. BMI kg/m2, eating problem, and weight loss) were performed and documented in the records of older stroke patients treated with enteral nutrition by percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG). A secondary aim was to identify documented post-procedural complications after PEG insertion during hospital stay.

Design: The study is retrospective. Data were collected from records of 161 stroke patients ≥65 years, who received PEG, admitted to three stroke units during a 4-year period.

Results: Mean age of the patients was 82.2 (±7) years, and 86% of the patients were ≥75 years old. On admission, body weight was documented in 50% of the patients and at discharge in 38% of the patients. BMI data were not documented at all at discharge in one of the units. Almost 80% of the patients fulfilled the European Network criteria for multimorbidity. Morbidity and multimorbidity correlated to the length of stay (p<0.0005). Complications were reported in 111 (69%) of the patient records. In 53 patients (33%) more than one complication was reported. A total of 116 pressure ulcers were reported and 30 patients had more than one pressure ulcer. The number of complications was related to weight loss (p=0.046) and BMI change (p=0.018).

Conclusions: Essential information of the patient’s nutritional status was poorly recorded which could affect the patient’s nutritional treatment during the hospital stay. This study indicates that implementation of guidelines in patients with stroke is needed. The high number of pressure ulcers was an unexpected finding.

Keywords: stroke; oropharyngeal dysphagia; percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy; nutritional assessment; post-procedural complications

(Published: 2 August 2016)

Citation: Food & Nutrition Research 2016, 60: 30456 - http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/fnr.v60.30456

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2016-08-02
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Wärn Hede G., Faxén-Irving G., Ödlund Olin A., Ebbeskog B., & Crisby M. (2016). Nutritional assessment and post-procedural complications in older stroke patients after insertion of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy - a retrospective study. Food & Nutrition Research, 60. https://doi.org/10.3402/fnr.v60.30456
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