Effect of stroke location on the laryngeal cough reflex and pneumonia risk

Cough

Table 4 Crosstabulation of Pneumonia in Rehabilitation, Reflex Cough Test, Stroke Location and PEG

Pneumonia in Rehabilitation	Reflex Cough Test	Location of Stroke	Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy		Total
			Yes	No
No	Normal	Cerebral Infarct	6	349	355
		Basal ganglia	3	21	24
		Brainstem infarct	5	50	55
		Cerebellar infarct	2	16	18
		Multiple Infarctions	2	46	48
		Location not determined	1	209	210
	Abnormal	Cerebral Infarct	8	23	31
		Basal ganglia	1	2	3
		Brainstem infarct	1	5	6
		Cerebellar infarct	0	2	2
		Multiple Infarctions	1	3	4
		Location not determined	0	27	27
Yes	Normal	Cerebral Infarct	1	8	9
		Brainstem infarct	1	0	1
		Multiple Infarctions	0	3	3
		Location not determined	0	13	13
	Abnormal	Cerebral Infarct	0	5	5
		Brainstem infarct	0	3	3
		Location not determined	0	1	1
Total			32	786	818