[Acute stroke--who dies in a stroke unit?]. / Akutt hjerneslag--hvem dør i en slagenhet?
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen
; 119(10): 1419-22, 1999 Apr 20.
Article
em Nor
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-10354747
ABSTRACT
Stroke unit care increases the proportions of patients able to live at home, improves functional outcome, reduces the need for institutional care, and reduces mortality. We have evaluated the data on the 69 patients who died in our stroke unit with an acute stroke, among the first 1,000 patients treated. The patients who died were older and had lower functional scores (median Barthel Index score 0 versus 70) and neurological scores (median Scandinavian Stroke Scale score 6 versus 48) at admittance. Early progression of the stroke was also more frequent in the group of patients who died. No differences in blood pressure, heart rate and body temperature were found between the groups, aside from increased diastolic pressure and heart rate in patients who died with an embolic infarction and increased systolic pressure in patients who died with an intracerebral haemorrhage.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Transtornos Cerebrovasculares
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Mortalidade Hospitalar
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Unidades Hospitalares
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
Nor
Ano de publicação:
1999
Tipo de documento:
Article