1. Effect of early vs. delayed extubation on functional outcome among patients with acute ischemic stroke treated with endovascular thrombectomy under general anesthesia: the prospective, randomized controlled EDESTROKE trial study protocol
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Manuel Taboada, Ana Estany-Gestal, Jorge Fernández, Laura Barreiro, Kora Williams, Manuel Rodríguez-Yáñez, Pablo Otero, Alberto Naveira, Valentín Caruezo, Sonia Veiras, Eva San Luis, Laura Dos Santos, María Diaz-Vieito, Susana Arias-Rivas, María Santamaría-Cadavid, Emilio Rodríguez-Castro, Fernando Vázquez, Miguel Blanco, Antonio Mosquera, Jose Antonio Castiñeiras, Ignacio Muniategui, Esteban Ferreiroa, Agustín Cariñena, Ana Tubio, Olga Campaña, Salomé Selas, Francisco Aneiros, Adrián Martínez, María Eiras, Jose Costa, Jose María Prieto, and Julián Álvarez
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Stroke ,Endovascular treatment ,Extubation ,Mechanical ventilation ,Functional status ,Medicine (General) ,R5-920 - Abstract
Abstract Background Recent meta-analyses and randomized studies have shown that among patients with acute ischemic stroke undergoing endovascular thrombectomy, general anesthesia with mechanical ventilation is associated with better functional status compared to local anesthesia and sedation, and they recommend its use. But once the procedure is completed, when is the optimal moment for extubation? Currently, there are no guidelines recommending the optimal moment for extubation. Prolonged mechanical ventilation time could potentially be linked to increased complications such as pneumonia or disturbances in cerebral blood flow due to the vasodilatation produced by most anesthetic drugs. However, premature extubation in a patient who has suffered a stroke could led to complications such as agitation, disorientation, abolished reflexes, sudden fluctuations in blood pressure, alterations in cerebral blood flow, respiratory distress, bronchial aspiration, and the need for reintubation. We therefore designed a randomized study hypothesizing that early compared with delayed extubation is associated with a better functional outcome 3 months after endovascular thrombectomy treatment under general anesthesia for acute ischemic stroke. Methods This investigator-initiated, single-center, prospective, parallel, evaluated blinded, superiority, randomized controlled trial will include 178 patients with a proximal occlusion of the anterior circulation treated with successful endovascular thrombectomy (TICI 2b-3) under general anesthesia. Patients will be randomly allocated to receive early (
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- 2024
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