Hospital Acquired Pneumonia Is Linked to Right Hemispheric Peri-Insular Stroke
Kemmling A, Lev MH, Payabvash S, Betensky RA, Qian J, Masrur S, Schwamm LH. Hospital Acquired Pneumonia Is Linked to Right Hemispheric Peri-Insular Stroke. PLOS ONE 2013, 8: e71141. PMID: 23951094, PMCID: PMC3737185, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071141.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHemispheric infarctsBrain regionsConsecutive acute stroke patientsConditional logistic regression modelsHospital-Acquired PneumoniaRight hemispheric infarctAcute stroke patientsInsular cortex volumeVolume-based variablesSpecific brain regionsLogistic regression modelsAcquired PneumoniaControl patientsMajor complicationsBrainstem strokeImmune suppressionInfarct sizeStroke patientsAutonomic modulationClinical variablesAdmission imagingInfarct locationUnivariate analysisImmune mechanismsCortex volume