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Table 2 Treatment and complications

From: Post-stroke pneumonia at the stroke unit – a registry based analysis of contributing and protective factors

 

Pneumonia at the SU

No

Yes

Univariate analysis

Multivariate analysis

Treatment and complications

56447 (94.8 %)

3111 (5.2 %)

P

5–95 % CI

OR

p

iv-Thrombolytic therapy¸ n (%)

7822 (13.9)

685 (22)

<0.001

   

Iv Insulin¸ n (%)

464 (0.8)

131 (4.2)

<0.001

1.22–1.98

1.55

<0.001

Iv Antihypertensive drugs, n (%)

2163 (3.8)

379 (12.2)

<0.001

1.22–1.62

1.41

<0.001

Lipid lowering drugs, n (%)

28657 (63.8)

1213 (50.2)

<0.001

   

Antiplatelet drugs, n (%)

45408 (80.4)

2279 (73.3)

<0.001

   

Endotracheal intubation, n (%)

400 (0.7)

143 (4.6)

<0.001

   

Nasogastric tube, n (%)

3864 (6.8)

1461 (47)

<0.001

2.84–3.47

3.14

<0.001

Percutaneous gastrostomy, n (%)

286 (0.5)

175 (5.6 %

<0.001

2.02–3.14

2.52

<0.001

Urinary catheter, n (%)

15382 (27.3)

2471 (79.4)

<0.001

2.15–2.72

2.42

<0.001

Physiotherapy, n (%)

39207 (69.5)

2741 (88.1)

<0.001

   

NIHSS at discharge from SU, median, interquartile range

2 (0, 5)

13 (6, 20)

<0.001

   

Difference NIHSS admission – discharge, median, interquartile

1 (0, 3)

0 (−1, 3)

<0.001

   

Speech therapy, n (%)

29020 (51.4)

2337 (75.1)

<0.001

1.23–1.5

1.36

<0.001

Progressive stroke, n (%)

1447 (2.6)

296 (9.5)

<0.001

1.47–2.01

1.72

<0.001

Recurrent stroke, n (%)

425 (0.8)

82 (2.6)

<0.001

1.25–2.25

1.68

<0.001

SICH, n (%)

552 (1.0)

151 (4.9)

<0.001

   

Epileptic seizure, n (%)

451 (0.8)

119 (3.8)

<0.001

1.36–2.23

1.74

<0.001

Brain edema, n (%)

550 (1.0)

222 (7.1)

<0.001

1.29–1–9

1.56

<0.001

Septicemia, n (%)

141 (0.2)

87 (2.8)

<0.001

2.47–4.83

3.45

<0.001

Urinary tract infection, n (%)

2042 (3.6)

444 (14.3)

<0.001

1.1–1.42

1.25

<0.001

Heart failure, n (%)

661 (1.2)

328 (10.5)

<0.001

2.16–3.04

2.56

<0.001

Pulmonary embolism, n (%)

85 (0.2)

42 (1.4)

<0.001

   

Arrhythmia, n (%)

1187 (2.1)

378 (12.2)

<0.001

1.79–2.43

2.08

<0.001

  1. NIHSS denotes National Institute of Health Stoke Scale, SICH symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage. Numbers are n and % or median and interquartile range, as indicated. OR denotes odds ratio, CI confidence interval. Multivariate analysis is continued from Table 1