Clinical Study

Cheyne-Stokes Respiration in Patients with First-Ever Lacunar Stroke

Table 2

Outcome results in 68 patients with lacunar stroke according to the presence of Cheyne-Stokes respiration.

VariablesCheyne-Stokes respirationP value
Present, Absent,

Barthel index58.3 (32.5)75.8 (27.9)0.130
Canadian Neurological scale6.9 (1.9)7.9 (2.1)0.131
Modified Rankin scale2.4 (1.3)2.2 (1.1)0.131
In-hospital mortality00
Length of hospital stay14.9 (11.1)11.5 (5.6)0.184

Data as mean (standard deviation, SD).