Feeding practice in acute stroke patients in a tertiary care hospital

Authors

  • Md Titu Miah Department of Medicine, Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Dhaka
  • Mohammad Al-Amin Department of Medicine, Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Dhaka
  • Mohammad Ashik Imran Khan Department of Medicine, Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Dhaka
  • KFM Ayaz Department of Medicine, Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Dhaka
  • MH Zakaria Department of Medicine, Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Dhaka
  • Srijoni Ahmed Department of Medicine, Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Dhaka
  • HAM Nazmul Ahasan Department of Medicine, Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Dhaka

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/bmrcb.v36i3.7286

Keywords:

stroke, feeding practice

Abstract

Background: Feeding is a basic component of care and it is the most common and difficult management issue for stroke patients.

Objective of this study was to know the practice of feeding (oral & nasogastric tube feeding), different types of food used and their caloric value in stroke patients. Materials & Methods: This direct observational study was done from June 2010 to November 2010, in different medicine wards of Dhaka Medical College Hospital, and included 100 acute stroke patients confirmed by CT scan or MRI of brain and duration of hospital stay for at least 24 hours.

Results: Out of 100 cases, 22% took their feeding orally and 78% cases through nasogastric tube. Artificial milk powder 66% cases (NG tube vs. Orally, 58% vs. 8%), juice 18% (NG tube 13% vs. orally 5%), horlicks & juice & soup 10% (NG tube vs. Orally, 7% vs. 3%), khichury 2% orally, bread & egg & shuji 4% cases orally. In 100 cases studied, none of them fulfilled the calorie requirement up to the standard level according to the guideline of Nutrition & Food Science Institute, of Dhaka University, Bangladesh.

Conclusion: Though this study was small scale but the magnitude of under nutrition among stroke patients revealed is alarming and needs urgent attention.

DOI: 10.3329/bmrcb.v36i3.7286

Bangladesh Med Res Counc Bull 2010; 36: 78-81

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Miah, M. T., Al-Amin, M., Khan, M. A. I., Ayaz, K., Zakaria, M., Ahmed, S., & Ahasan, H. N. (2011). Feeding practice in acute stroke patients in a tertiary care hospital. Bangladesh Medical Research Council Bulletin, 36(3), 78–81. https://doi.org/10.3329/bmrcb.v36i3.7286

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Vol. 36 No. 3 (2010)

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Research Papers

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