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February 13, 2018; 90 (7) Article

Outcomes among patients with direct enteral vs nasogastric tube placement after acute stroke

Raed A. Joundi, Gustavo Saposnik, Rosemary Martino, Jiming Fang, Joan Porter, Moira K. Kapral
First published January 24, 2018, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000004962
Raed A. Joundi
From the Division of Neurology (R.A.J.), Department of Medicine, Stroke Outcomes Research Unit, Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, St. Michael's Hospital (G.S.), Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (G.S., M.K.K.), Department of Speech-Language Pathology (R.M.), Graduate Department of Rehabilitation Science (R.M.), and Division of General Internal Medicine (M.K.K.), Department of Medicine, University of Toronto; Health Care and Outcomes Research, Krembil Research Institute (R.M.), University Health Network; and Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) (J.F., J.P., M.K.K., G.S.), Toronto, Canada.
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Gustavo Saposnik
From the Division of Neurology (R.A.J.), Department of Medicine, Stroke Outcomes Research Unit, Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, St. Michael's Hospital (G.S.), Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (G.S., M.K.K.), Department of Speech-Language Pathology (R.M.), Graduate Department of Rehabilitation Science (R.M.), and Division of General Internal Medicine (M.K.K.), Department of Medicine, University of Toronto; Health Care and Outcomes Research, Krembil Research Institute (R.M.), University Health Network; and Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) (J.F., J.P., M.K.K., G.S.), Toronto, Canada.
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Rosemary Martino
From the Division of Neurology (R.A.J.), Department of Medicine, Stroke Outcomes Research Unit, Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, St. Michael's Hospital (G.S.), Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (G.S., M.K.K.), Department of Speech-Language Pathology (R.M.), Graduate Department of Rehabilitation Science (R.M.), and Division of General Internal Medicine (M.K.K.), Department of Medicine, University of Toronto; Health Care and Outcomes Research, Krembil Research Institute (R.M.), University Health Network; and Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) (J.F., J.P., M.K.K., G.S.), Toronto, Canada.
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Jiming Fang
From the Division of Neurology (R.A.J.), Department of Medicine, Stroke Outcomes Research Unit, Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, St. Michael's Hospital (G.S.), Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (G.S., M.K.K.), Department of Speech-Language Pathology (R.M.), Graduate Department of Rehabilitation Science (R.M.), and Division of General Internal Medicine (M.K.K.), Department of Medicine, University of Toronto; Health Care and Outcomes Research, Krembil Research Institute (R.M.), University Health Network; and Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) (J.F., J.P., M.K.K., G.S.), Toronto, Canada.
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Joan Porter
From the Division of Neurology (R.A.J.), Department of Medicine, Stroke Outcomes Research Unit, Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, St. Michael's Hospital (G.S.), Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (G.S., M.K.K.), Department of Speech-Language Pathology (R.M.), Graduate Department of Rehabilitation Science (R.M.), and Division of General Internal Medicine (M.K.K.), Department of Medicine, University of Toronto; Health Care and Outcomes Research, Krembil Research Institute (R.M.), University Health Network; and Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) (J.F., J.P., M.K.K., G.S.), Toronto, Canada.
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Moira K. Kapral
From the Division of Neurology (R.A.J.), Department of Medicine, Stroke Outcomes Research Unit, Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, St. Michael's Hospital (G.S.), Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (G.S., M.K.K.), Department of Speech-Language Pathology (R.M.), Graduate Department of Rehabilitation Science (R.M.), and Division of General Internal Medicine (M.K.K.), Department of Medicine, University of Toronto; Health Care and Outcomes Research, Krembil Research Institute (R.M.), University Health Network; and Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) (J.F., J.P., M.K.K., G.S.), Toronto, Canada.
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Outcomes among patients with direct enteral vs nasogastric tube placement after acute stroke
Raed A. Joundi, Gustavo Saposnik, Rosemary Martino, Jiming Fang, Joan Porter, Moira K. Kapral
Neurology Feb 2018, 90 (7) e544-e552; DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000004962

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Abstract

Objective To compare complications, disability, and long-term mortality of patients who received direct enteral tube vs nasogastric tube feeding alone after acute stroke.

Methods We used the Ontario Stroke Registry to identify patients who received direct enteral tubes (DET; gastrostomy or jejunostomy) or temporary nasogastric tubes (NGT) alone during hospital stay after acute ischemic stroke or intracerebral hemorrhage from July 1, 2003, to March 31, 2013. We used propensity matching to compare groups from discharge and evaluated discharge disability, institutionalization, complications, and mortality, with follow-up over 2 years, and with cumulative incidence functions used to account for competing risks.

Results Among 1,448 patients with DET placement who survived until discharge, 1,421 were successfully matched to patients with NGT alone. Patients with DET had reduced risk of death within 30 days after discharge (9.7% vs 15.3%; hazard ratio [HR] 0.61, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.49–0.75), but this difference was eliminated after matching on length of stay and discharge disability (HR 0.90, 95% CI 0.70–1.17). Patients with DET had higher rates of severe disability at discharge (modified Rankin Scale score 4–5; 89.6% vs 78.4%), discharge to long-term care (38.0% vs 16.1%), aspiration pneumonia (14.4% vs 5.1%) and other complications, and mortality at 2 years (41.1% vs 35.9%).

Conclusions Patients with DET placement after acute stroke have more severe disability at discharge compared to those with NGT placement alone, and associated higher rates of institutionalization, medical complications, and long-term mortality. These findings may inform goals of care discussions and decisions regarding long-term tube feeding after acute stroke.

Glossary

CCI=
Canadian Classification of Health Interventions;
CI=
confidence interval;
CIHI-DAD=
Canadian Institute for Health Information–Discharge Abstract Database;
CIHI-NACRS=
Canadian Institute for Health Information–National Ambulatory Care Reporting System;
DET=
direct enteral tube;
FOOD=
Food or Ordinary Diet;
HR=
hazard ratio;
ICD-10-CA=
International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th Revision, Canada;
ICES=
Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences;
ICH=
intracerebral hemorrhage;
ICU=
intensive care unit;
mRS=
modified Rankin Scale;
NGT=
nasogastric tube;
NIHSS=
NIH Stroke Scale;
PEG=
percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy

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  • Editorial, page 305

  • Received May 31, 2017.
  • Accepted in final form October 16, 2017.
  • © 2018 American Academy of Neurology
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