Baroreflex sensitivity is associated with post-stroke infections. An open, prospective study

Autonomic nervous system (ANS) seems to play an important role in the post-stroke immunosuppression syndrome with increased susceptibility to infections. The aim of this study was to investigate if ANS activity measured at admission is associated with post-stroke infections.

Source: Journal of the Neurological Sciences - September 2, 2019 Category: Neurology Authors: Marek Sykora, Pavel Siarnik, Jozef Szabo, Peter Turcani, Stefan Krebs, Wilfried Lang, Stanislava Jakubicek, Marek Czosnyka, Peter Smielewski Source Type: research