Background Pneumonia is a serious but a preventable stroke complication. Prediction
scales for post-stroke pneumonia have been proposed with an intent to improve surveillance …

Background and Purpose—Poststroke pneumonia is a potentially preventable complication
after stroke associated with poor outcome. We developed and externally validated a …

Aims: We derived and validated a clinical prediction rule that can be used to predict post-
stroke pneumonia. Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study of patients admitted …

Background Stroke is a leading cause of death and disability worldwide. Among all
poststroke complications, pneumonia constitutes a major complication with a strong impact …

Objectives Stroke‐associated pneumonia (SAP) is a common complication with a known
negative impact on neurological outcome. We developed a score to identify patients at …

Background Stroke-associated pneumonia is a leading cause of in-hospital death and post-
stroke outcome. Screening patients at high risk is one of the main challenges in acute stroke …

Background Pneumonia frequently complicates stroke and has a major impact on outcome.
We derived and internally validated a simple clinical risk score for predicting stroke …

Introduction: Although pneumonia is a major complication after acute ischaemic stroke (AIS),
pneumonia prediction scores have not been extensively validated. This study aimed to …

Background and purpose Pneumonia is an important risk factor for mortality and morbidity
after stroke. The Prestroke Independence, Sex, Age, National Institutes of Health Stroke …

Introduction Patients with acute stroke are at high risk for infection. These infections are
associated with unfavourable outcome after stroke. A prediction rule can identify the patients …