Research Article
Predictors of Extubation Success in Patients with Middle Cerebral Artery Acute Ischemic Stroke
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% |
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*All values are nonsignificant.
†National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale.
‡Glasgow Coma Scale.
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