Should Ischemic Stroke Patients with Aphasia or High National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale Score Undergo Preprocedural Intubation and Endovascular Treatment?

Conclusions: Despite the risk of IPI, patients with aphasia or an admission NIHSS score of 20 or more who underwent ET with PPI had lower rates of good outcomes and higher rates of ICH and death.

http://www.strokejournal.org/article/S1052-3057(13)00524-7/abstract?rss=yes

Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - February 13, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Ameer E. Hassan, Malik M. Adil, Haralabos Zacharatos, Basit Rahim, Saqib A. Chaudhry, Wondwossen G. Tekle, Adnan I. Qureshi Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research