Pathophysiological and clinical aspects of breathing after stroke

• Published in: Postgraduate medical journal Vol. 77; no. 913; pp. 700 - 702
• Main Authors: Howard, R S, Rudd, A G, Wolfe, C D, Williams, A J
• Format: Journal Article Book Review
• Language: English
• Published: London The Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine 01-11-2001; BMJ; BMJ Publishing Group Ltd; Oxford University Press; BMJ Group
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Cheyne-Stokes Respiration - physiopathology; Complications and side effects; Humans; Limbic System - physiology; Medical sciences; Neurology; Physiological aspects; Respiration; Review; Stroke (Disease); Stroke - physiopathology; Vascular diseases and vascular malformations of the nervous system; Vascular disease; Human; Nervous system diseases; Stroke; Lung function; Pathophysiology; Central nervous system disease; Cardiovascular disease; Clinical investigation; Respiratory system; Cerebrovascular disease; Cerebral disorder
• ISSN: 0032-5473; 1469-0756
• DOI: 10.1136/pmj.77.913.700

Abstract
Stroke may disrupt breathing either by (A) causing a disturbance of central rhythm generation, (B) interrupting the descending respiratory pathways leading to a reduced respiratory drive, or (C) causing bulbar weakness leading to aspiration.