Published online before print March 13, 2003, doi: 10.1161/01.STR.0000063373.70993.CD
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(Stroke. 2003;34:975.)
© 2003 American Heart Association, Inc.
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Nosocomial Pneumonia After Acute Stroke
Implications for Neurological Intensive Care Medicine
From the Departments of Neurology (R.H., N.T., J.S., A.J., M.N., W.-D.H.) and Hospital Infection Control (C.P.), University Hospital, Cologne, Germany.
Correspondence to Prof Dr Wolf-Dieter Heiss, Department of Neurology, University Hospital, Joseph-Stelzmann-Strasse 9, D-50924 Cologne, Germany. E-mail wdh{at}pet.mpin-koeln.mpg.de
Background and Purpose— Pneumonia has been estimated to occur in about one third of patients after acute stroke. Only limited data are available on stroke-associated pneumonia (SAP) in specialized neurological intensive care units (NICUs).
Methods— We enrolled 124 patients with acute stroke who were treated at our university hospital NICU in a prospective observational study. Incidence rates and risk factors of SAP and long-term clinical outcome were determined.
Results— SAP incidence was 21% with a spectrum of pathogens, which is comparable to previously published data on general ICU patients. Mechanical ventilation, multiple location, and vertebrobasilar stroke, as well as dysphagia and abnormal chest x-ray findings, were identified as risk factors for the disease. SAP patients showed higher mortality rates than nondiseased subjects (acute, 26.9% versus 8.2%; long-term, 35.3% versus 14.3%) and a significantly poorer long-term clinical outcome (Barthel Index, 50.5±42.4 versus 81.5±27.8; Rankin Scale, 3.5±1.7 versus 2.2±1.6).
Conclusions— Our data underline the considerable epidemiological and prognostic impact of SAP for the treatment of acute stroke patients in a specialized NICU setting. They demonstrate that the occurrence of SAP deteriorates clinical outcome in these patients. Our results allow us to identify high-risk stroke patients at time of NICU admission in whom the use of preventive treatment strategies is most promising.
Key Words: intensive care units • pneumonia • stroke
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