Braden scale for assessing pneumonia after acute ischaemic stroke.
Yunlong DingYazhou YanJiali NiuYanrong ZhangZhiqun GuPing TangYan LiuPublished in: BMC geriatrics (2019)
The Braden Scale with 18 points as the cutoff point is likely a valid clinical grading scale for predicting pneumonia after AIS at presentation. Further studies on the association of the Braden Scale score with stroke outcomes are needed.