No deaths occurred in study participants. Two parts-
pants in each of Group A and B were calorie-nitrogen
deficit, as were three in Group C (differences were not sta-
statistically significant). Dehydration occurred in three par-
participants in Group A, none in Group B, and one in Group
C (differences were not statistically significant).22
Pharmacologic Therapies
Two RCTs addressed pharmacological interventions (Ta-
be 1). There was one study on RCT in which patients
with stroke were randomized to amantadine 100 mg/d or
no treatment and were followed over a 3-year period.23
Five of 83 (6%) patients who received amantadine versus
22 of 80 (28%) who received no treatment developed a-
radiologically confirmed pneumonia (OR -
0.17, 95% CI -