- Inpatient Admission The Elderly Nursing Home Patient Was Admitted With Aspiration Pneumonitis She Was Unable To Swallo 1 (167.26 KiB) Viewed 37 times
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Inpatient admission: The elderly nursing home patient was admitted with aspiration pneumonitis. She was unable to swallow or eat as a result of a stroke, which occurred two months earlier. She was experiencing progressive aspiration and weight loss. It was hoped that anchoring a feed- ing tube would alleviate the situation. Therefore, a percutaneous gastrostomy with placement of a feeding tube with endoscopic guidance was per- formed. Discharge diagnoses: (1) Difficulty swallowing secondary to cerebrovascular infarction, (2) impending malnutrition, (3) aspiration pneumonia.