Background: Post-stroke dysphagia leads to increased risk of aspiration and subsequent higher risk of pneumonia. It is important to not only diagnose post-stroke dysphagia early but also to evaluate the protective mechanism that counteracts aspiration, i
The aspiration pneumonia rate in the first 14 days can be lowered from 8.2% to 1.3% (a relative risk reduction of 84%) by early screening, instrumental diagnostics, and subsequent dysphagia therapy [12]. At present, there are two instrumental diagnostics that can be regarded as gold stan- ...