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Acute stroke in very old people — clinical features and predictors of in-hospital mortality
Author(s)	A Arboix, L Garcia-Eroles, J Massons,
Journal title	Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 48, no 1, January 2000
Pages	pp 36-41
Keywords	Stroke ; Over 70s ; Diagnosis ; Death rate [statistics] ; Spain.
Annotation	Data for 2,000 stroke patients - 262 very old (aged 85+) and 1738 patients aged less than 85 - were compared at a Barcelona hospital. Predictors of in-hospital mortality based on clinical and neuro-imaging variables were recorded within 48 hours of stroke onset, and outcome variables (medical complications developing during hospitalisation) were assessed. Very old patients with acute stroke showed a differential clinical profile: their in-hospital mortality was 27%, compared to 13.5% for the under 85 group. Clinical and neuro-imaging factors indicative of the severity of stroke and that were available at the time of initial diagnosis and at the time of development of cardiac and respiratory complications showed a predominant influence on in-hospital mortality, and may help clinicians to evaluate prognosis more accurately. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-010119206 A
Classmark	CQA: BBK: LK7: S5: 76S
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