Ventilation time and prognosis after stroke thrombectomy: the shorter, the better!

Author S Simon Fandler-HöflerS HeschlM KneihslP Argüelles-DelgadoK NiederkornA PichlerH DeutschmannF FazekasA BergholdC EnzingerThomas Gattringer

Published in: European journal of neurology (2020)

Prolonged ventilation time after stroke thrombectomy independently predicts unfavourable outcome at 3 months and is associated with increased pneumonia rates. Therefore, extubation should be performed as early as safely possible.

Keyphrases

respiratory failure
acute ischemic stroke
mechanical ventilation
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
acute respiratory distress syndrome
intensive care unit
cardiac surgery