Barnes Jewish Hospital Stroke Dysphagia Screen
Clinical noticeEducational screening support only. Interpret this bedside screen within an adult acute-stroke clinical pathway; a failed screen requires appropriate formal swallowing evaluation and does not diagnose dysphagia or aspiration.
Context and use
If any stage-1 item is abnormal, the screen fails immediately. If all four stage-1 items are normal, the aggregate 3-oz water swallow test must be recorded: an abnormal/failed test yields fail; a normal test yields pass.
