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Hospital-acquired pneumonia is more frequent and lethal in stroke patients: A nationwide 4-year study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 September 2021

João C. Gonçalves-Pereira Open the ORCID record for João C. Gonçalves-Pereira [Opens in a new window] ,
Flavio Marino ,
Paulo Mergulhão ,
Baltazar Nunes  and
Filipe Froes
João C. Gonçalves-Pereira*
Affiliation:
Hospital Vila Franca de Xira, Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal Nova Medical School, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal Grupo de Infeção e Sépsis, Oporto, Portugal
Flavio Marino
Affiliation:
Hospital Vila Franca de Xira, Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal
Paulo Mergulhão
Affiliation:
Grupo de Infeção e Sépsis, Oporto, Portugal Hospital Lusíadas, Oporto, Portugal Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade do Porto, Oporto, Portugal
Baltazar Nunes
Affiliation:
Departamento de Epidemiologia, Instituto Nacional de Saúde Dr. Ricardo Jorge, Lisbon, Portugal Centro de Investigação em Saúde Pública, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
Filipe Froes
Affiliation:
Grupo de Infeção e Sépsis, Oporto, Portugal Chest Department, Hospital Pulido Valente, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte, Lisbon, Portugal
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Author for correspondence: João C. Gonçalves-Pereira, E-mail: joao.goncalvespereira@hvfx.min-saude.pt
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Abstract

We report a higher incidence of hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) in patients admitted with stroke (odds ratio, 5.6; 95% CI, 5.4–5.8). Patients with HAP and stroke had an elevated risk of death (odds ratio, 1.2; 95% CI, 1.1–1.3). The incidence and mortality of HAP in stroke patients increased across all age groups.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 44 , Issue 1 , January 2023 , pp. 122 - 124
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© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

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