Características de la enfermedad cerebrovascular en un Servicio de Cuidados Intermedios Neurológicos, en Chile: Análisis de 459 pacientes consecutivos

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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Main Authors:	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
Format:	Digital revista
Language:	Spanish / Castilian
Published:	Sociedad Médica de Santiago 2005
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872005001100002
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