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THORAX
Volume 71, Issue 5, Pages 474-475Publisher
BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2015-207810
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- National Institute for Health Research [PB-PG-0408-16096] Funding Source: researchfish
- National Institutes of Health Research (NIHR) [PB-PG-0408-16096] Funding Source: National Institutes of Health Research (NIHR)
- Department of Health [PB-PG-0408-16096] Funding Source: Medline
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There is little available evidence to demonstrate how cough strength mediates the risk of aspiration-related pneumonia in acute stroke. Our secondary analysis of trial data indicates that risk of pneumonia reduces with increasing peak cough flow (PCF) of voluntary cough (OR 0.994 for each 1 L/min increase in PCF, 95% CI 0.988 to 1.0, p=0.035); and to a lesser degree with increasing PCF of reflex cough (OR 0.998 for each 1 L/min increase in PCF, 95% CI 0.992 to 1.004, p=0.475). These data serve hypothesis generation. Further studies are needed to confirm these findings and validate their clinical utility.
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