Oropharyngeal Dysphagia COVID-19 Sars-CoV2 Nutritionĭiagnostic Test: Swallowing evaluation with the EAT-10 and the volume-viscosity swallowing test (V-VST)ĭesign: 1) prospective study in SARS-CoV-2 infected patients admitted to the CSdM more than 48h with 2 follow-up points at 3/6 months after discharge.Ģ) comparative study between the 3 first waves of the pandemic in the acute phase.ġ.1)To assess the prevalence of OD, nutritional risk, the needs of compensatory treatment and complications at 3/6 month follow up of patients admitted by COVID-19 in Hospital de Mataró, Hospital St. We will also collect other clinical variables from medical history of the patient related to hospitalization and we will follow the clinical complications and nutritional status at 3 and 6 months follow up. We will register also results of the EAT-10, nutritional status, the needs of compensatory treatments of these patients following an early intervention with fluid and nutritional adaptation and use of nutritional supplements. Methods: prospective study in which we will use the volume-viscosity swallowing test (V-VST) to assess the prevalence of OD, and NRS2002 to assess the nutritional risk in admitted patients with confirmed COVID-19 at the Consorci Sanitari del Maresme, Catalonia, Spain. Aim: to assess the prevalence of OD and nutritional risk in these patients and to know their needs of compensatory treatment following the application of an early intervention, and to assess whether OD and malnutrition are indicators of poor prognosis for COVID-19 patients. OD is associated to prolonged hospitalization, dehydration and severe nutritional and respiratory complications -aspiration pneumonia-, hospital readmissions and mortality. All these situations are common for COVID-19 patients that are currently filling our hospitals due to the pandemic expansion of SARS-CoV-2.

Why Should I Register and Submit Results?īackground: Oropharyngeal dysphagia (OD) is a common complication in/post ICU patients that have been with intubation/mechanical ventilation or with tracheotomies or NG tubes, in patients with acute respiratory infection/pneumonia/respiratory insufficiency with a severe disease needing high concentration of oxygen or noninvasive mechanical ventilation and also in patients discharged from acute hospitals to rehabilitation centers, nursing homes or other facilities.

Volume viscosity swallow test