Variables affecting short-term prognosis in completed stroke.
After a review of the prognostic factors affecting the short-term outcome of completed stroke, the implications for the design of stroke treatment trials are discussed. These concern stratification variables, patient selection, sample size estimation, length of follow-up, and measures of outcome. Potential variables for stratification are type of stroke (i.e. infarct or hemorrhage), age of the patient, level of consciousness, and preceding hypertension and heart disease.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D012737:Sex Factors