[Respiratory resuscitation in severe forms of hemorrhagic stroke]

In 48 patients with hemorrhagic strokes accompanied by disorders of vital functions the authors conducted respiratory resuscitation. Artificial lung ventilation was made from 1 day to 6 months. Among the studied patients 10 of them with a lateral localization of the hematoma and blood penetration into the subarachnoidal spaces and perhaps into the brain ventricules survived, 27 died during the first 2 weeks from the beginning of resuscitation due to destruction of wide brain areas with penetration of blood into the brain ventricules. In more remote periods (from 2 weeks to 8 months following a stroke)--11 patients due to a pathology of the internal organs died. The achieved data indicate that respiratory resuscitation in a very severe development of a hemorrhagic stroke may be used in a limited group of patients with lateral localization of the hematoma.