Publications by authors named "V Steinhagen"
Background And Purpose: Post-stroke immunodepression has been related to brain lesion size but not a specific lesion location. Here, we studied the influence of lesion location within middle cerebral artery (MCA) territory on parameters related to activation of sympathetic adrenomedullar pathway, immunodepression, and associated infection.
Methods: We analyzed clinical, brain imaging, and laboratory data of 384 patients (174 women; mean age 70.
Background And Purpose: The relationship of brain lesion location and swallowing disturbance pattern has been poorly studied in acute stroke patients.
Methods: Sixty patients with first-ever acute ischemic stroke at clearly assessed location and clinical signs of dysphagia were studied. Swallowing-related parameters rated clinically and fiberendoscopically were attention deficit, buccofacial apraxia, orofacial paresis, gag reflex, delay of pharyngeal swallow, pharyngeal contraction, larynx elevation, function of upper esophageal sphincter (UES), and aspiration severity.
Objective: To determine independent clinical predictors of stroke-associated pneumonia (SAP) that are available in all patients on day of hospital admission.
Methods: We studied 236 patients with acute ischemic stroke admitted to the neurological intensive care unit at our university hospital. Risk factors of SAP and of non-responsivity of early-onset pneumonia (EOP; onset within 72 hours after admission) to initial antibacterial treatment were analyzed.