NCT00906542

Predictors of Early Chest Infection in Acute Ischemic Stroke

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 530 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Rostock · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Pneumonia is a frequent complication of acute stroke and is associated with increased mortality and long-term impairment in the affected subjects. In previous studies, a number of clinical (e.g., dysphagia, severe neurological impairment, mechanical ventilation), radiological (e.g., large infarctions in the territory of middle cerebral artery, insular infarction) and biochemical (e.g., increased serum levels of C-reactive protein, decreased levels of CD4+ T-lymphocytes) findings have been reported as risk factors of stroke-related chest infection. The present study (PRECAST) aims to identify a small set out of these previously described risk factors that can predict stroke-related pneumonia with high sensitivity and specificity.

Conditions

• Acute Ischemic Stroke
• Pneumonia

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-05-01
• Primary completion: 2010-02-01
• Completion: 2010-02-01
• First posted: 2009-05-21
• Last updated: 2010-02-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany