Nutritional Approach and Treatment in Patients with Stroke, An Expert Opinion for Turkey
Ethem Murat Arsava1
, İbrahim Aydoğdu2, Levent Güngör3, Canan Togay Işıkay4, Erdem Yaka5
1Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Ankara, Turkey
2Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology, İzmir, Turkey
3Ondokuz Mayıs University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Samsun, Turkey
4Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Ankara, Turkey
5Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology, İzmir, Turkey
Keywords: Stroke, nutrition, malnutrition, dysphagia
Abstract
Cerebrovascular diseases comprise the most common category of inpatient cases taken care of by neurologists. Dysphagia and malnutrition are not rare after stroke. It is strongly recommended for neurologists to screen and treat swallowing disturbances and malnutrition in stroke patients. However, present scientific literature lacks clear evidence with regards to nutritional treatment strategies for stroke patients. This review and recommendation paper is written with the aim to standardize nutritional screening and treatment algorithms during acute and chronic phases of cerebrovascular diseases and guide neurologists in Turkey for their daily practice.