Abnormal breathing patterns in stroke: relationship with location of acute stroke lesion and prior cerebrosvascular disease.

Rowat, Anne M; Wardlaw, Joanna M; Dennis, Martin S

Abstract

Objective: To determine whether central periodic breathing (CPB) is associated with acute involvement of any particular part of the brain, or the extent of total damage in patients with acute stroke.

Methods: CPB was identified using portable monitoring equipment in patients with stroke on admission. A neuroradiologist classified acute stroke lesions and prior cerebrovascular disease on brain images.

Results: Among 134 patients with acute stroke, those with CPB were more likely to have a large acute stroke lesion in a cerebral hemisphere (p = 0.01) and more mass effect (p = 0.03). There was no association between CPB and severe prior cerebrovascular disease on imaging (p = 0.76).

Conclusion: CPB is related to the acute (not old) lesions, particularly large acute cerebral hemispheric lesions with mass effect. A relationship between lesions in any discrete brain location (unilateral or bilateral) and CPB could not be shown.

Citation

Rowat, A. M., Wardlaw, J. M., & Dennis, M. S. (2006). Abnormal breathing patterns in stroke: relationship with location of acute stroke lesion and prior cerebrosvascular disease. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 78, 277-279. https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.2006.102228

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Oct 23, 2006
• Deposit Date: Apr 4, 2008
• Print ISSN: 0022-3050
• Electronic ISSN: 1468-330X
• Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 78
• Pages: 277-279
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.2006.102228
• Keywords: Central periodic breathing; Acute stroke; Acute stroke lesions; Cerebrovascular disease
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/1594
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.2006.102228