Dysphagia is a common symptom associated with a number of childhood acute cerebral diseases. The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors affecting dysphagia recovery in patients with childhood cerebral disease. Forty-two patients with childhood cerebral disease and disease-related dysphagia who were admitted to an emergency hospital between April 2009 and March 2014 were recruited. Multivariate analyses were performed to identify variables with a significant association with

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... ia recovery. The mean age of the patients was 4.1 years (SD 4.3 years). At the time of discharge from the hospital, dysphagia had resolved in 16 patients (38.1%). Logistic regression analysis identified four factors that significantly predicted dysphagia recovery: Glasgow Coma Scale score, complication of respiratory diseases, presence or absence of developmental delay, and presence or absence of cough. In patients with childhood cerebral disease-related dysphagia, these findings may have predictive value for feeding tube removal and successful oral intake before discharge from an emergency hospital.