Pathophysiological and clinical aspects of breathing after stroke

Open Access

1 November 2001

journal article
review article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Postgraduate Medical Journal

Vol. 77 (913) , 700-702
https://doi.org/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.

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