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Background: 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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Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Acidente Vascular Cerebral/epidemiologia , Unidades Hospitalares/estatística & dados numéricos , Distribuição por Idade , Acidente Vascular Cerebral/classificação , Acidente Vascular Cerebral/etiologia , Distribuição de Qui-Quadrado , Chile/epidemiologia , Complicações do Diabetes , Hipertensão/complicações , Estudos Retrospectivos , Fatores de Risco , Distribuição por SexoRESUMO
BACKGROUND: 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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Unidades Hospitalares/estatística & dados numéricos , Acidente Vascular Cerebral/epidemiologia , Adolescente , Adulto , Distribuição por Idade , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Distribuição de Qui-Quadrado , Chile/epidemiologia , Complicações do Diabetes , Feminino , Humanos , Hipertensão/complicações , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Estudos Retrospectivos , Fatores de Risco , Distribuição por Sexo , Acidente Vascular Cerebral/classificação , Acidente Vascular Cerebral/etiologiaRESUMO
Nothing is known regarding the expression or function of the type IV Aeromonas pilus (Tap), which was recently identified following the cloning of a pilus biogenesis gene cluster (tapABCD). As a first step to determine the possible significance of Tap for Aeromonas virulence, the distribution of the tapA and tapD genes in hybridization group reference strains and clinical (n=42) and environmental (n=29) isolates was determined. Homologues of tapA and tapD were present in all strains tested. Hybridization with the tapA probe enabled us to differentiate between clinical and environmental isolates of A. veronii biovar sobria.