Predictors of Extubation Success in Patients with Middle Cerebral Artery Acute Ischemic Stroke : Table 2

Table 2: Baseline clinical characteristics of middle cerebral artery acute ischemic stroke patients in whom extubation was successful versus failed*.


	Successful ()	Failed ()

Admission GCS^‡ score, median (IQR)	11 (8–14)	11.5 (7–14)
Admission NIHSS^† score, median (IQR)	17 (12–22)	19 (14–21)
Left middle cerebral artery stroke	59% (22)	30% (3)
Aphasia	59% (22)	30% (3)
Neglect	38% (14)	60% (6)
Eyelid opening apraxia	5% (2)	10% (1)
Superficial and basal ganglia involvement	56% (20/36)	60% (6)
Superficial involvement only	36% (13/36)	40% (4)
Isolated basal ganglia infarct	8% (3/36)	0%

*All values are nonsignificant.
^†National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale.
^‡Glasgow Coma Scale.