Braden scale for assessing pneumonia after acute ischaemic stroke

The prevention of pneumonia is critical for patients with acute ischaemic stroke (AIS). The six subscales in the Braden Scale seem to be related to the occurrence of pneumonia. We aimed to evaluate the feasibility of using the Braden Scale to predict the occurrence of pneumonia after AIS. We studied...

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Published in:BMC geriatrics 2019-10, Vol.19 (1), p.259-7, Article 259
Main Authors: Ding, Yunlong, Yan, Yazhou, Niu, Jiali, Zhang, Yanrong, Gu, Zhiqun, Tang, Ping, Liu, Yan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accuracy
Acute ischaemic stroke
Age
Blood pressure
Cholesterol
Chronic obstructive lung disease
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Coma
Complications and side effects
Data analysis
Data collection
Deglutition disorders
Diabetes
Diagnosis
Dysphagia
Friction
Geriatrics
Health aspects
Hemoglobin
Hospital patients
Hospitals
Hypertension
Ischemia
Laboratories
Lipoproteins
Lung diseases
Medical research
Obstructive lung disease
Older people
Patients
Pneumonia
Prevention
Respiratory tract diseases
Risk factors
Sensory perception
Statistical analysis
Statistics
Stroke
The Braden scale
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Summary:The prevention of pneumonia is critical for patients with acute ischaemic stroke (AIS). The six subscales in the Braden Scale seem to be related to the occurrence of pneumonia. We aimed to evaluate the feasibility of using the Braden Scale to predict the occurrence of pneumonia after AIS. We studied a series of consecutive patients with AIS who were admitted to the hospital. The cohort was subdivided into pneumonia and no pneumonia groups. The scores on the Braden Scale, demographic characteristics and clinical characteristics were obtained and analysed by statistical comparisons between the two groups. We investigated the predictive validity of the Braden Scale by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis. A total of 414 patients with AIS were included in this study. Of those 414 patients, 57 (13.8%) patients fulfilled the criteria for post-stroke pneumonia. There were significant differences in age and histories of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), dysphagia and Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score between the two groups, and the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score in the pneumonia group was significantly higher than that in the no pneumonia group (P 
ISSN:1471-2318
1471-2318
DOI:10.1186/s12877-019-1269-x