title: Cheyne-Stokes respiration in ischemic stroke.
abstract: We monitored breathing pattern and arterial oxygen saturation in 32 conscious patients with acute ischemic stroke. Seventeen (53%) had Cheyne-Stokes respiration with concomitant drops in oxygen saturation, unrelated to infarct location. The ventilatory disturbance promptly reversed after intravenous theophylline ethylenediamine or oxygen inhalation. The therapy is a simple way of improving arterial oxygenation in a large subgroup of patients with acute ischemic stroke.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Germany.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nachtmann
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Siebler
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rose
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sitzer
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Steinmetz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002639:Cheyne-Stokes Respiration / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010507:Periodicity