Mei-zhen Yuan1, Feng Li1, Xin Tian1, Wei Wang1, Man Jia2, Xue-feng Wang1, Guang-wei Liu1. 1. a 1 Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China. 2. b 2 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The aims of this meta-analysis were to evaluate the risk factors associated with lung infections in stroke patients and to provide evidence for prevention decisions. METHODS: We searched the Embase, PubMed, EBSCO and Web of Science databases to collect studies from January 2000 to July 2015. RESULTS: The meta-analysis identified 23 risk factors for lung infections in stroke patients, and the top 5, ranked by order according to odds ratio values (95% confidence interval), were as follows: multiple vertebrobasilar stroke, 22.99 (4.04, 130.83); National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score >15 points, 14.63 (8.54, 25.08); mechanical ventilation, 10.20 (7.15, 14.57); nasogastric tube use, 9.87 (6.21, 15.70); and dysphagia, 7.50 (2.60, 21.65). CONCLUSION: Preventive measures should be taken against these risk factors to reduce the incidence of lung infection.
BACKGROUND: The aims of this meta-analysis were to evaluate the risk factors associated with lung infections in strokepatients and to provide evidence for prevention decisions. METHODS: We searched the Embase, PubMed, EBSCO and Web of Science databases to collect studies from January 2000 to July 2015. RESULTS: The meta-analysis identified 23 risk factors for lung infections in strokepatients, and the top 5, ranked by order according to odds ratio values (95% confidence interval), were as follows: multiple vertebrobasilar stroke, 22.99 (4.04, 130.83); National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score >15 points, 14.63 (8.54, 25.08); mechanical ventilation, 10.20 (7.15, 14.57); nasogastric tube use, 9.87 (6.21, 15.70); and dysphagia, 7.50 (2.60, 21.65). CONCLUSION: Preventive measures should be taken against these risk factors to reduce the incidence of lung infection.
Authors: David García-Azorín; Enrique Martínez-Pías; Javier Trigo; Isabel Hernández-Pérez; Gonzalo Valle-Peñacoba; Blanca Talavera; Paula Simón-Campo; Mercedes de Lera; Alba Chavarría-Miranda; Cristina López-Sanz; María Gutiérrez-Sánchez; Elena Martínez-Velasco; María Pedraza; Álvaro Sierra; Beatriz Gómez-Vicente; Ángel Guerrero; David Ezpeleta; María Jesús Peñarrubia; Jose Ignacio Gómez-Herreras; Elena Bustamante-Munguira; Cristina Abad-Molina; Antonio Orduña-Domingo; Guadalupe Ruiz-Martin; María Isabel Jiménez-Cuenca; Santiago Juarros; Carlos Del Pozo-Vegas; Carlos Dueñas-Gutierrez; Jose María Prieto de Paula; Belén Cantón-Álvarez; Jose Manuel Vicente; Juan Francisco Arenillas Journal: Front Neurol Date: 2020-07-07 Impact factor: 4.003