Assessing the laryngeal cough reflex and the risk of developing pneumonia after stroke: an interhospital comparison

We sought to evaluate the efficacy of testing the laryngeal cough reflex in identifying pneumonia risk in acute stroke patients. We performed a prospective study of 400 consecutive acute stroke patients examined using the reflex cough test (RCT) compared with 204 consecutive acute stroke patients fr...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Stroke (1970) 1999-06, Vol.30 (6), p.1203-1207
Hauptverfasser:	Addington, W R, Stephens, R E, Gilliland, K A
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Algorithms Cerebrovascular Disorders - complications Cerebrovascular Disorders - physiopathology Cerebrovascular Disorders - therapy Cough - physiopathology Female Humans Laryngeal Muscles - physiopathology Male Odds Ratio Pneumonia, Aspiration - etiology Pneumonia, Aspiration - mortality Prospective Studies Reflex - physiology Risk Factors
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