Diagnosis And Management Of Stroke-Associated Pneumonia: A Mixed-Methods Study

Stroke-associated pneumonia (SAP) is a complication that commonly occurs within the first week of an acute stroke and is associated with prolonged hospitalization and increased mortality. Diagnosing and treating SAP is challenging due to the lack of gold-standard criteria. Researchers have investiga...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zawiah, Mohammed Hussein Ali Hussein
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2023
Subjects:
Online Access:http://eprints.usm.my/60540/1/Pages%20from%20MOHAMMED%20HUSSEIN%20ALI%20HUSSEIN%20ZAWIAH%20-%20TESIS.pdf
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
id my-usm-ep.60540
record_format uketd_dc
spelling my-usm-ep.605402024-05-05T04:27:37Z Diagnosis And Management Of Stroke-Associated Pneumonia: A Mixed-Methods Study 2023-06 Zawiah, Mohammed Hussein Ali Hussein RS1-441 Pharmacy and materia medica Stroke-associated pneumonia (SAP) is a complication that commonly occurs within the first week of an acute stroke and is associated with prolonged hospitalization and increased mortality. Diagnosing and treating SAP is challenging due to the lack of gold-standard criteria. Researchers have investigated both antibiotics and non-antibiotic preventive medications for SAP. However, antibiotics have been found to be ineffective in preventing SAP, and the effectiveness of non-antibiotic drugs is still controversial. Additionally, predictive biomarkers have also been studied, but their performance has been inconsistent. 2023-06 Thesis http://eprints.usm.my/60540/ http://eprints.usm.my/60540/1/Pages%20from%20MOHAMMED%20HUSSEIN%20ALI%20HUSSEIN%20ZAWIAH%20-%20TESIS.pdf application/pdf en public phd doctoral Universiti Sains Malaysia Pusat Pengajian Sains Farmasi (School of Pharmacy)
institution Universiti Sains Malaysia
collection USM Institutional Repository
language English
topic RS1-441 Pharmacy and materia medica
spellingShingle RS1-441 Pharmacy and materia medica
Zawiah, Mohammed Hussein Ali Hussein
Diagnosis And Management Of Stroke-Associated Pneumonia: A Mixed-Methods Study
description Stroke-associated pneumonia (SAP) is a complication that commonly occurs within the first week of an acute stroke and is associated with prolonged hospitalization and increased mortality. Diagnosing and treating SAP is challenging due to the lack of gold-standard criteria. Researchers have investigated both antibiotics and non-antibiotic preventive medications for SAP. However, antibiotics have been found to be ineffective in preventing SAP, and the effectiveness of non-antibiotic drugs is still controversial. Additionally, predictive biomarkers have also been studied, but their performance has been inconsistent.
format Thesis
qualification_name Doctor of Philosophy (PhD.)
qualification_level Doctorate
author Zawiah, Mohammed Hussein Ali Hussein
author_facet Zawiah, Mohammed Hussein Ali Hussein
author_sort Zawiah, Mohammed Hussein Ali Hussein
title Diagnosis And Management Of Stroke-Associated Pneumonia: A Mixed-Methods Study
title_short Diagnosis And Management Of Stroke-Associated Pneumonia: A Mixed-Methods Study
title_full Diagnosis And Management Of Stroke-Associated Pneumonia: A Mixed-Methods Study
title_fullStr Diagnosis And Management Of Stroke-Associated Pneumonia: A Mixed-Methods Study
title_full_unstemmed Diagnosis And Management Of Stroke-Associated Pneumonia: A Mixed-Methods Study
title_sort diagnosis and management of stroke-associated pneumonia: a mixed-methods study
granting_institution Universiti Sains Malaysia
granting_department Pusat Pengajian Sains Farmasi (School of Pharmacy)
publishDate 2023
url http://eprints.usm.my/60540/1/Pages%20from%20MOHAMMED%20HUSSEIN%20ALI%20HUSSEIN%20ZAWIAH%20-%20TESIS.pdf
_version_ 1804888959841468416