Reporting of aspiration pneumonia or choking as a cause of death in patients who died with stroke

Stroke

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1182-1185

  Chang, Chia Yu ^a,b   Cheng, Tain Junn ^a,c,d   Lin, Ching Yih ^a,b   Chen, Jen Yin ^a,c   Lu, Tsung Hsueh ^e   Kawachi, Ichiro ^f  

^a CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b SOUTHERN TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c CHIA NAN UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspiration pneumonia; Choking; Death certificate; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; STROKE PATIENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; SEX FACTORS; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876293016     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.111.000663     Document Type: Article

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