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http://www.docguide.com/intensive-nutritional-supplementation-after-stroke-improves-patient-outcomes-presented-ana

By Jacquelyn Beals

WASHINGTON, DC -- October 11, 2007 -- Stroke patients who receive intensive nutritional supplementation during in-patient rehabilitation achieve greater functional independence and are more likely to go home from hospital than patients on a routine nutritional supplement, according to research presented here at the American Neurological Association (ANA) 132nd Annual Meeting.

Acute stroke is frequently associated with poor nutrition. Causes include difficulty swallowing and/or feeding, depression, and pre-existing motor and cognitive deficits.

Meheroz H. Rabadi, MD, MRCPI, Co-Director, Stroke Service, Burke Rehabilitation Hospital, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York, United States, presented the results of a randomised, double-blind, prospective study of 102 malnourished stroke patients at one institution.

Patients enrolled in the study were successive admissions to the stroke service that met inclusion criteria and granted informed consent. Exclusion criteria were prior history of alcohol abuse, kidney and liver disease, and malabsorption, medical instability, terminal illness, or participation in other therapeutic trials.