Variables
dysphagia, fever, ICH, stroke, Pneumonia, bronchial breath, hyperlipidemia, unconsciousness, hemorrhage, pre-stroke, sopor, COPD, diabetes, Coma, multilobar, vomiting, cough, somnolence, Stroke, purulent, coma, pulmonary infections
DYSPHAGIA, ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE, COMA, STROKE, HYPERLIPIDEMIA, STROKE, MINOR, COPD, HYPERURICEMIA, HEMORRHAGE, COMA, PNEUMONIA, PULMONARY INFECTIONS, RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION, HYPERTENSION, DIABETES
We collected data from the electronic medical records system of the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University at the time of initial admission, including demographics, life style-associated factors, comorbidities, clinical symptoms, neuroimaging characteristics, and laboratory examinations. Demographic variables included sex aand age at the time of ICH. Lifestyle factors included current smoking and alcohol intake status. The subject’s medical history was notable for comorbidities that comprised hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, ischemic heart disease, hyperuricemia, and COPD. Variables associated with the clinical symptoms included pre-stroke dependence (modified Rankin Scale [mRS] ≥ 2), presence of dysphagia (assessed with a swallow test by a physical therapist), the status of consciousness (classified as sopor, somnolence or coma), total muscle strength of the worse side (ranging from 0 to10), vomiting after ICH, admission GCS and NIHSS. As for the status of consciousness, somnolence is characterized as a state of strong desire for sleep, or sleeping for unusually long periods but can be arousable by minor stimulation to obey, answer, or respond. Sopor is defined as a condition of abnormally deep sleep that the patients can only be arousable by repeated strong or painful stimulation to respond. Coma is defined as a deep state of prolonged unconsciousness in which a person cannot be awakened, fails to respond normally to stimuli or exhibits reflex responses.In addition, neuroimaging characteristics of ICH were recorded, including multilobar involvement, deep region involvement, extension of hemorrhage into ventricles, and lesion volume. Volumetric assessment of the lesion location was determined using the ABC/2 method [The predictive outcome of our study was whether patients developed SAP following ICH. SAP was defined as a range of pulmonary infections affecting the lower respiratory tract that developed within the first 7 days after stroke onset according to the recommendations of the Pneumonia in Stroke Consensus Group. It was diagnosed on a basis of clinical and laboratory indices of respiratory tract infection (e.g., fever, new purulent sputum, cough, bronchial breath sounds or worsening gas exchange), and supported by typical chest radiographs findings [