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TOPIC OUTLINE
Stroke-related pulmonary complications and abnormal
INTRODUCTION respiratory patterns
PNEUMONIA
Authors Section Editor Deputy Editor
Prevention
Julio A Chalela, MD Jose Biller, MD, FACP, John F Dashe, MD,
MECHANICAL VENTILATION Teresa L Jacobs, MD FAAN, FAHA PhD
OXYGEN DESATURATION
Disclosures
Sleep apnea
NEUROGENIC PULMONARY
EDEMA Last literature review version 19.3: Fri Sep 30 00:00:00 GMT
2011 | This topic last updated: Thu Jul 16 00:00:00 GMT
ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY
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PATTERNS
INTRODUCTION — Medical complications of acute ischemic
Cheyne-Stokes respiration
stroke are common and often lead to poor clinical outcomes. The
Periodic breathing
frequency of these complications must be recognized so that
Ataxic breathing
preventive strategies and appropriate treatment are employed.
Apneustic breathing
Gasping The major pulmonary complications of acute stroke will be
Central neurogenic reviewed here. Other medical complications of acute stroke are
hyperventilation discussed separately. (See "Medical complications of stroke" and
Apnea (aventilation) "Cardiac complications of stroke".)
REFERENCES PNEUMONIA — Pneumonia is one of the most common
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respiratory complications of acute stroke, occurring in about 5
percent of patients [1]. The incidence of stroke-related
FIGURES pneumonia appears to be much higher in patients with acute
Stroke breathing patterns ischemic stroke admitted to a neurologic intensive care unit and
TABLES in those who require nasogastric tube feeding (21 and 44
Causes of NPE percent, respectively) [2,3].
RELATED TOPICS Pneumonia is the most common cause of fever within the first 48
Aspiration pneumonia in hours of acute stroke, and it is the most common medical
adults complication two to four weeks after a supratentorial ischemic
infarction [1,4,5]. In addition, retrospective data suggest that
Cardiac complications of
pneumonia and respiratory illness are the most frequent
stroke
diagnoses leading to hospital readmission in stroke survivors
Cheyne-Stokes breathing and throughout the first five years after ischemic stroke [6].
obstructive sleep apnea in
heart failure In a prospective study of 412 patients with acute stroke,
Control of ventilation independent risk factors for in-hospital pneumonia were age >65
years, dysarthria or no speech due to aphasia, severe poststroke
Diagnosis and treatment of
disability, cognitive impairment, and an abnormal water swallow
oropharyngeal dysphagia
test [7]. In an earlier prospective study of 124 patients with
Disorders of ventilatory
acute stroke treated in the intensive care unit, risk factors were
control
mechanical ventilation, abnormal chest radiograph on admission,
Hypoxic-ischemic brain injury and dysphagia [2]. In patients requiring nasogastric feeding,
Medical complications of independent risk factors for pneumonia were facial palsy and
stroke deceased level of consciousness [3].
Neurogenic pulmonary edema
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