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Effect of stroke location on the laryngeal cough reflex and pneumonia risk

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the risk of developing pneumonia in acute stroke patients comparing the early anatomical stroke location and laryngeal cough reflex (LCR) testing. METHODS: A prospective study of 818 consecutive acute stroke patients utilizing a reflex cough test...

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Autores principales: Addington, W Robert, Stephens, Robert E, Widdicombe, John G, Rekab, Kamel
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1277006/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16270928
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1745-9974-1-4