The Timing of Stroke Care Processes and Development of Stroke Associated Pneumonia: A National Registry Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Timely stroke care can result in significant improvements in stroke recovery. However, little is known about how stroke care processes relate to complications such as the development of stroke associated pneumonia (SAP). Here we investigated associations between stroke care processes, their timing and development of SAP.

Methods

We obtained patient-level data from the Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme for all confirmed strokes between 1st April 2013 and 31st December 2018. SAP was identified if new antibiotic initiation for pneumonia occurred within the first 7 days of admission. Time to key stroke care processes in the pre-hospital, hyperacute and acute phase were investigated. A mixed effects logistic regression model estimated the association between S

SUBMITTER: Lobo Chaves MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9043446 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature