Predictors of extubation success in acute ischemic stroke patients

Acute ischemic stroke (AIS) patients often undergo intubation and mechanical ventilation (MV). Prolonged intubation and MV have disadvantages and complications. Conventional extubation criteria based only on respiratory parameters are insufficient to guide extubation practices in stroke patients where capacity for airway protection is a major concern.Objective.To identify clinical and neuroanatomical markers of successful extubation in AIS patients requiring MV.

Source: Journal of the Neurological Sciences - July 9, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: Vasileios-Arsenios Lioutas, Khalid A. Hanafy, Sandeep Kumar Source Type: research