Objective To construct a risk prediction model for stroke associated pneumonia in patients with initial cerebral hemorrhage(ICH)and validate the predictive performance of the model.Methods A retrospective analysis was conducted on the clinical data of 419 patients with ICH admitted to our hospital from January 2012 to December 2022.They were randomly divided into a development cohort(293 cases)and a validation cohort(126 cases)according to a 7∶3 ratio.The Logistic regression model was used to analyze the influencing factors of stroke related pneumonia in patients with ICH based on the development cohort data,and a risk prediction model was constructed.Based on the development cohort data and validation cohort data,the predictive performance of the model was analyzed using calibration curves,receiver operating characteristic(ROC)curve,and decision curve analysis.Results Among 419 patients,113 developed stroke associated pneumonia,with a rate of 26.97%.The National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale(NIHSS)score,swallowing difficulties,initial hematoma volume,neutrophil percentage to albumin ratio(NPAR),neutrophil count to lymphocyte count ratio(NLR),surgical treatment,endotracheal intubation,and indwelling gastric tube were all independent influencing factors for stroke associated pneumonia in patients with ICH(P<0.05).Based on the above influencing factors,a risk prediction model for stroke associated pneumonia in patients with ICH was constructed.The calibration curve showed that the predicted incidence of stroke associated pneumonia by the model in both the development and validation cohorts was close to the actual incidence.The ROC curve showed that the predicted area under the curve for this model in the development cohort and validation cohort was 0.906(95%CI:0.867-0.937)and 0.884(95%CI:0.815-0.934),respectively.The decision curve analysis showed that when the threshold probability of the development cohort was between 3%-80%,and the threshold probability of the validation cohort was between 2%-76%,the intervention using this model was more clinically valuable than all/no intervention.
Conclusions The risk prediction model for stroke associated pneumonia in patients with ICH based on NIHSS score,swallowing difficulties,initial hematoma volume,NPAR,NLR,surgical treatment,tracheal intubation,and indwelling gastric tube has good predictive performance and clinical application value.