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

• Patricio Mellado T ^[1] ; Jaime Court L ^[1] ; Jaime Godoy F ^[1] ; Victoria Mery C ^[1] ; Carolina Barnett T ^[1] ; Max Andresen H ^[1] ; Isidro Huete L ^[1] ; José Tevah C ^[1] ; Vinko Tomicic F ^[1] ; Carlos Romero P ^[1] ; Ricardo Fadic R ^[1] ; Marco A Soza M ^[1] ; Raúl Valenzuela M ^[1] ; Jorge Tapia I ^[1]
  1. [1] Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

     Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

     Santiago, Chile

     
• Localización: Revista Médica de Chile, ISSN-e 0034-9887, Vol. 133, Nº. 11, 2005, págs. 1274-1284
• Idioma: español
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  • Cerebrovascular disease in a Neurologic Intermediate Care Unit in Chile: Analysis of 459 consecutive patients
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  • 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