Guidelines for Neuroprognostication in Critically ill Adults with Acute Ischemic Stroke

Patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS) may require intensive care unit admission for several reasons, including post-procedural care, management of large hemispheric infarction, and cardiopulmonary instability. The objective of this document is to provide recommendations on the reliability of select individual predictors of outcome, and multivariate prediction models, in the context of counseling critically ill patients with AIS and their surrogates. In addition, broad principles of neuroprognostication in this population were identified.