Correlation Between Dysphagia and Hospital-acquired Pneumonia after Stroke / 中华医院感染学杂志

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE To evaluate correlation between dysphagia and hospital-acquired pneumonia after stroke and its effect on prognosis. METHODS Totally 356 stroke inpatients were divided into dysphagia group(group A) and non-dysphagia group(group B) based on bedside swallowing evaluation.The incidence of hospital-acquired pneumonia and mortality between the two groups were compared. RESULTS The incidence of hospital-acquired pneumonia was 23.5 % in group A and 4.6% in group B.The difference between the two groups was highly significant(?~2=25.8,P