Abstract
This study is done in King Abdul Aziz National Guard hospital in AL-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia. Stroke associated pneumonia is involved in increasing the morbidity and mortality of the patient who suffered from an acute attack of stroke.
Aspiration Pneumonia is one of the most disastrous complications [12] in patients suffered from stroke. It besides increasing Hospital stay duration and financial burden also increases rate of death and life long disability. Early diagnosis is pivotal to management of Aspiration Pneumonia cases.
Objective:- The study was based on to find out the incidence of Aspiration Pneumonia in patient who suffered from stroke.
Study Type:- It is a prospective type of Cross-sectional study.
Data:- The data was collected from the patients who suffered from stroke in last 45 days, X-Rays chest were done along with sample was taken for culture from tracheal Aspirations.
Age:- Patients with age 45-70 years were enrolled in this study.
Results:- 28% of stroke patients enrolled were affected by the stroke in age group 45-57years. Mean age (49 +/- 5.12), and 72% of patients were in age group 57-70years, mean age (61 +/- 3.45). Overall 26.4% of the patient of stroke suffered from aspiration pneumonia.
Conclusion:- Almost Every 4th patient of cerebrovascular accident is affected by the aspiration pneumonia.