Age
Mean Range 62 years 17-88 years
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%