Development of comprehensive administration for medical safety and quality assurance of dysphagic care in wide area

吞咽困难是由年龄、中风、神经系统疾病、癌症、手术后等引起的。吸入性肺炎是一种继发性并发症，占50%以上，有时会导致死亡。本项目的目的是寻找新的评估方法，使医疗系统在临床环境中以更大的方法论来保障患者的安全。到目前为止，我们调查了日本医院许多单位吸入性肺炎的患病率和管理人员的情况。现在我们正在最终分析数据，并准备宣布。

Dysphagia is caused by aging, stroke, neurological disease, cancer, after operation and so on. Aspiration pneumonia as a secondary complication occupies over 50% and sometimes causes death. The purpose of this project was to find new evaluation methods and to make medical system by great methodology to keep patients' safe in clinical setting. Until now we surveyed about the prevalence of aspiration pneumonia and the situation of administrators in many units in the hospitals in Japan. Now we are analyzing the data finally and preparing the announcement.