Effect of Dysphasia and Dysphagia on Inpatient Mortality and Hospital Length of Stay: A Database Study

Abstract

Patients with dysphagia have worse outcome in terms of inpatient mortality and length of hospital stay than those with dysphasia. When both conditions are present, the presence of dysphagia appears to determine the likelihood of poor outcome. Whether this effect is related just to stroke severity or results from problems related directly to dysphagia is unclear.