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Post stroke aphasia - avant program - mondsee 2019
1. TREATMENT OF POST-STROKE APHASIA -
AVANT PROGRAM
Dang Phuc Duc, MD. Ph.D - Military Hospital 103, Vietnam
26th INTERNATIONAL MONDSEE MEDICAL MEETING
Salzburg, Austria / September 12 - 13, 2019
2. • PSD has been reported in 50.9%
of IS patients. [Arnold, M., et al. 2016.
PloS one]
• PSD is associated with
malnutrition, aspiration, and
pneumonia [Arnold, M., et al. 2016.
PloS one]
Post-stroke dysphagia
• An independent variable predicting death and
disability at 90 days [Smith, E. E., et al. 2018. Stroke]
3. Comparison of outcome in dysphagic
and non-dysphagic patients
[Arnold, M., et al. 2016. PloS one]
6. PATIENT INFORMATION
• Nguyen Van T, male , 63 years old
• medical history:
Dyslipidemia
Hypertension
Ischemic stroke in 9/2018 (completely recovered).
8. After 2 weeks…
New stroke attack
Right hemiplegia
Increased aphasia
Absolutely unable to
swallow
Nasogastric tube
1st attack 2nd attack
9.
10. The patient was transferred to the Stroke
department – Military 103 hospital
• GCS 15
• Dysphagia: GUSS 0/20
• Aphasia: patient's speech is so slurred.
• Quadriplegia: MRC left 2/5; right 3/5
12. Dysphagia in patients with pontine infarction
• Pontine infarction constitutes approximately 7% of
all ischemic infarctions.
• Dysphagia in patients with bilateral pontine
infarction 2.2 times higher than unilateral pontine
infarction.
[Chang, M. C., et al. (2018). Neural regeneration research]
13. Treatment
Previous prescription:
1. Clopidogrel 75mg
2. Natrilix 1.5mg
3. Lipitor 10mg
New prescription:
Clopidogrel 75mg
Natrilix 1.5mg
Lipitor 10mg
Cerebrolysin 20ml per day
Rehabilitation: AVANT
14. Avant
• A rehabilitation team
• Evaluation of the patient’s dysphagia
• Instructions for patient
Explanation on the mechanism
Causes of dysphagia
Positions for eating and drinking
Suitable food and drink
Exercises for muscles involved swallowing
(lips, tongue, cheeks, etc.)
• Design an exercise program
15. Day 7
• The feeding tube was removed.
• The patient could eat semi-liquid food (soup)
and drink sip of 5ml water from spoon.
16. Day 21
• Patient could eat normal food such as rice,
noodles, vegetables, etc
17. Day 25
• The patient is discharged and given
instructions on the administration of drugs
and exercises at home.
Patients with dysphagia had a higher probability of pneumonia, mortality rate; and a lower chance to get favorable outcome as compared to non-dysphagic patients
- AVANT is an assistance program of Austria for Vietnam to improve the quality of rehabilitation for stroke patients.
- Many Vietnamese doctors and nurses have participated in AVANT training program.
- So far, the results obtained show that this is a very effective program.
* The swallowing rehabilitation program for patients is divided into 2 parts: direct and indirect intervention.
- Direct intervention includes measures such as:
- Indirect intervention includes measures such as:
The patient was hospitalized and treated at Thai Nguyen Hospital, a hospital in the northern mountainous region of Vietnam
On the 14th day after onset. Patients suddenly appear hemiplegia right side more. He was unable to pronounce. The patient cannot swallow.
- patients need enteral feeding through a nasogastric tube
- Thai Nguyen Hospital prognosis that the patient was severe and complex. So they transfered him to Military 103 hospital.
- The disease status at admission is as follows:
Brain MRI shows bilateral pontine infarction
- With such injury characteristics, patients are at risk of severe disability, especially swallowing function.
- After evaluation, we decided to keep the previous prescription and add cerebrolysin.
- In addition, we apply the rehabilitation method under the AVANT program.
Before conducting rehabilitation exercises, we consulted the patient about swallowing disorders, including: mechanisms, causes, eating postures, appropriate foods, exercises. swallow...
After that, we set up the exercise program and informed the patient.
On day 7, patients had hiccups due to nasogastric tube irritated the stomach. We removed tube.
…
On day 21, …
And, this is the patient's current images. He was able to perform most of his daily activities, eat and drink.