Patients with acute cerebral infarction admitted to stroke unit

Tidsskrift for den Norske lægeforening : tidsskrift for praktisk medicin, ny række
Halvor NæssLars Thomassen

Abstract

Treatment of acute cerebral infarction has greatly improved over the last 15 years. The purpose of this article is to describe patients with acute cerebral infarction admitted to a stroke unit from a geographically well defined population between 2007 and 2009. All patients were included aged over 15 years with acute cerebral infarction living in a well defined geographical area and admitted to Haukeland University Hospital between August 2007 and October 2009. Risk factors, neurological status, treatment, complications, results of evaluation, and outcome were registered in a stroke database (Bergen Stroke Registry). Data on mortality as of November 2009 were provided by the official population registry. In total, 553 patients with acute cerebral infarction were included: 260 (47%) females and 293 (53%) men. The mean age was 74.2 years. The incidence of patients admitted with acute cerebral infarction was 105 per 100,000 citizens per year. Thrombolysis was administered to 15%. Duplex sonography of neck vessels disclosed plaques in 68%. Atrial fibrillation was known before admission in 20%. Evaluation disclosed atrial fibrillation in another 12%. Recurrence of cerebral infarction occurred in 1% during the hospital stay. Estimate...Continue Reading

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Jan 5, 2018·Brain and Behavior·Stian T RysteHalvor Naess
Aug 2, 2017·International Journal of Stroke : Official Journal of the International Stroke Society·Halvor NaessChristopher E Kvistad
Jul 5, 2011·Tidsskrift for den Norske lægeforening : tidsskrift for praktisk medicin, ny række·Torgeir Bruun Wyller, Brynjar Fure
May 11, 2011·Tidsskrift for den Norske lægeforening : tidsskrift for praktisk medicin, ny række·Are Brean
Sep 9, 2011·Tidsskrift for den Norske lægeforening : tidsskrift for praktisk medicin, ny række·Hanne Ellekjær
Sep 29, 2011·Tidsskrift for den Norske lægeforening : tidsskrift for praktisk medicin, ny række·Lars Thomassen

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