Admission chest CT findings and risk assessment for stroke-associated pneumonia.
Ethem Murat ArsavaSelin Ardali DuzgunGamze DurhanMelike CakanErhan AkpinarMehmet Akif TopcuogluPublished in: Acta neurologica Belgica (2022)
Pulmonary opacity burden, as evaluated on admission chest CT, is significantly associated with development of pneumonia within initial days of stroke. This association is independent of other well-known predisposing factors for SAP, including age, stroke severity, and presence of dysphagia.
Keyphrases
- atrial fibrillation
- risk assessment
- emergency department
- computed tomography
- image quality
- dual energy
- contrast enhanced
- pulmonary hypertension
- magnetic resonance imaging
- cerebral ischemia
- human health
- risk factors
- positron emission tomography
- intensive care unit
- respiratory failure
- blood brain barrier
- pet ct
- subarachnoid hemorrhage
- acute respiratory distress syndrome