Open Access<p>Value of Combination of the A<sup>2</sup>DS<sup>2</sup> Score and IL-6 in Predicting Stroke-Associated Pneumonia</p>
Author(s) -
Jun Yang,
Dai Yong-hong,
Zuowen Zhang,
Yue Chen
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
neuropsychiatric disease and treatment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1178-2021
pISSN - 1176-6328
DOI - 10.2147/ndt.s268878
Subject(s) - medicine , confidence interval , odds ratio , receiver operating characteristic , gastroenterology , stroke (engine) , atrial fibrillation , area under the curve , logistic regression , mechanical engineering , engineering
To evaluate the value of the combination of the age, atrial fibrillation, dysphagia, male sex, and National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (A 2 DS 2 ) score and serum interleukin 6 (IL-6) concentration in predicting stroke-associated pneumonia (SAP).