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Braden scale for assessing pneumonia after acute ischaemic stroke.

Yunlong DingYazhou YanJiali NiuYanrong ZhangZhiqun GuPing TangYan Liu
Published 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.
Keyphrases
  • atrial fibrillation
  • skeletal muscle
  • subarachnoid hemorrhage
  • acute respiratory distress syndrome
  • extracorporeal membrane oxygenation