Diagnosis of Stroke-Associated Pneumonia: Recommendations From the Pneumonia in Stroke Consensus Group [Special Report]

Conclusions—
Consensus operational criteria for the terminology and diagnosis of SAP are proposed based on the CDC criteria. These require prospective evaluation in patients with stroke to determine their reliability, validity, impact on clinician behaviors (including antibiotic prescribing), and clinical outcomes.

Source: Stroke - July 27, 2015 Category: Neurology Authors: Smith, C. J., Kishore, A. K., Vail, A., Chamorro, A., Garau, J., Hopkins, S. J., Di Napoli, M., Kalra, L., Langhorne, P., Montaner, J., Roffe, C., Rudd, A. G., Tyrrell, P. J., van de Beek, D., Woodhead, M., Meisel, A. Tags: Acute Cerebral Hemorrhage, Acute Cerebral Infarction, Emergency treatment of Stroke Special Report Source Type: research