Gender
|
Males
Females
|
69 males
31 females
|
Source of admission
|
Home
Residential setting
Transfer from other hospital
Transfer from rehab setting
Unknown
|
81%
2%
14%
1%
2%
|
Co-morbidities
|
None
Minimum one comorbidity:
One comorbidity
Two
Three
Four
Five
Mean/median no of comorbidities:
Medical comorbidities:
Respiratory disease (COPD/other respiratory disease)
Cardiology
Stroke
Progressive neurological
Dementia
Mental health condition
Head and neck cancer
Cancer outside of head and neck
Diabetes
Obesity
Intellectual disability
Other
|
6%
94%
34%
28%
20%
9%
3%
2
21%
34%
0%
1%
0%
10%
0
10%
22%
29%
1%
46%
|
Pre-admission swallow status
|
Normal diet (FOIS Level 7)
FOIS Level 5
FOIS Level 1
|
96%
3%
1%
|
COVID-19 Neurological manifestations
|
Total:
Stroke n=2
Seizures n=1
Impaired consciousness n=20
Delirium n=8
|
37% (34/96)
|
Most recent
Chest x-ray at time of SLT initial assessment
|
Abnormal
Chest x-ray classification (Taylor et al, 2015):
Patchy atelectasis and/bronchial wall thickening
Focal consolidation
Multifocal consolidation
Diffuse alveolar changes
Unknown
|
99%
8%
8%
74%
2%
1%
|