Background and Purpose—Lower respiratory tract infections frequently complicate stroke
and adversely affect outcome. There is currently no agreed terminology or gold-standard …

Background and Purpose—Diagnosis of pneumonia complicating stroke is challenging, and
there are currently no consensus diagnostic criteria. As a first step in developing such …

BACKGROUND: Cerebral stroke is a disease with a high disability rate and a high fatality
rate. This study was undertaken to assess the risk of stroke associated pneumonia (SAP) in …

Background Post-stroke pneumonia and other infectious complications are serious
conditions whose frequency varies widely across studies. Aims We conducted a systematic …

Objective To determine independent clinical predictors of stroke-associated pneumonia
(SAP) that are available in all patients on day of hospital admission. Methods We studied …

Methods: This is a cross-sectional study of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample database from
the year 2003 to 2014. We identified adult hospitalizations with AIS using International …

Background: Stroke-associated pneumonia (SAP) has been implicated in the morbidity,
mortality and increased medical cost after acute ischemic stroke. The annual cost of SAP …

Background and Purpose—Pneumonia is a major cause of morbidity and mortality after
stroke. We aimed to determine key characteristics that would allow prediction of those …

Objectives Stroke‐associated pneumonia (SAP) is common and associated with adverse
outcomes. Data on its impact beyond 1 year are scarce. Materials and methods This …

Objectives Stroke‐associated pneumonia (SAP) is a common complication with a known
negative impact on neurological outcome. We developed a score to identify patients at …