| Autor: |
Mellado T, Patricio, Court L, Jaime, Godoy F, Jaime, Mery C, Victoria, Barnett T, Carolina, Andresen H, Max, Huete L, Isidro, Tevah C, José, Tomicic F, Vinko, Romero P, Carlos, Fadic R, Ricardo, Soza M, Marco A, Valenzuela M, Raúl, Tapia I, Jorge |
| Jazyk: |
Spanish; Castilian |
| Rok vydání: |
2005 |
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| Zdroj: |
Revista médica de Chile, Volume: 133, Issue: 11, Pages: 1274-1284, Published: NOV 2005 |
| Popis: |
Stroke is the second cause of mortality and the first cause of morbidity in Chile and worldwide. Nowadays there is a major interest in introducing new therapies applying evidence based medicine for these patients. Aim: To describe the clinical profile of patients attended after a stroke, to determine stroke subtypes and their risk factors. Material and methods: Retrospective review of clinical records of 459 patients (mean age 65±48 years, 238 female) that were admitted to our unit during a period of 37 months. Results: Sixty three percent of patients had an ischemic stroke, 14% had an hemorrhagic stroke, 15% had a transient ischemic attack, 2% had a cerebral venous thrombosis and 6% a subarachnoidal hemorrhage. The global mortality was 1%. Seventy percent of patients had a history of high blood pressure. Conclusions: The most common type of stroke is ischemic and high blood pressure is the main risk factor |
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OpenAIRE |
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