Paper of the Month
Paper of the month: The role of prophylactic antibiotics on reducing pneumonia in stroke patients with dysphagia
For November 2015, we have selected: Kalra L, Irshad J, Simpson J, et al., on behalf of the STROKE-INF Investigators. Prophylactic antibiotics after acute stroke for reducing pneumonia in patients with dysphagia (STROKE-INF): a prospective, cluster-randomised, open-label, masked endpoint, controlled trial. Lancet Neurology 2015; September 4.
Dysphagia is common after a stroke, and associated with an increased risk of pneumonia and mortality. However, the use of antibiotics to prevent post-stroke pneumonia has been controversial.