CHEYNE-STOKES RESPIRATION IN ISCHEMIC STROKE

Authors
NACHTMANN A SIEBLER M ROSE G SITZER M STEINMETZ H
Citation
A. Nachtmann et al., CHEYNE-STOKES RESPIRATION IN ISCHEMIC STROKE, Neurology, 45(4), 1995, pp. 820-821
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Neurology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00283878
Volume
45
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
820 - 821
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-3878(1995)45:4<820:CRIIS>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
We monitored breathing pattern and arterial oxygen saturation in 32 co nscious patients with acute ischemic stroke. Seventeen (53%) had Cheyn e-Stokes respiration with concomitant drops in oxygen saturation, unre lated to infarct location. The ventilatory disturbance promptly revers ed after intravenous theophylline ethylenediamine or oxygen inhalation . The therapy is a simple way of improving arterial oxygenation in a l arge subgroup of patients with acute ischemic stroke.