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Area of Science:

  • Neurology
  • Critical Care Medicine
  • Vascular Neurology

Background:

  • Acute ischemic stroke (IS) affecting the middle cerebral artery (MCA) can necessitate mechanical ventilation (MV) due to coma or respiratory failure.
  • Previous research on MV in stroke patients utilized heterogeneous inclusion criteria, limiting comparability.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To prospectively evaluate clinical and radiologic features, mortality, and outcome in acute IS patients with MCA involvement requiring MV.
  • To identify prognostic factors for survival in this patient cohort.

Main Methods:

  • Prospective enrollment of 50 patients with acute IS involving the MCA territory who required MV.
  • Intubation indications included Glasgow Coma Scale score <10 or respiratory failure.

Main Results:

  • One-year survival rate was 30%, with 70% mortality.
  • Mortality was not dependent on the specific indication for ventilation.
  • Survivors exhibited incomplete MCA territory involvement and had an atherosclerosis origin for their stroke.

Conclusions:

  • Mechanical ventilation in MCA IS patients is associated with high mortality, irrespective of the intubation reason.
  • Survival outcomes are positively associated with less severe MCA territory involvement and stroke etiology related to atherosclerosis.