[Treatment of acute apoplexy at a medical department with a specialized rehabilitation unit].
The aim of this retrospective study was to describe the occurrence of acute stroke and the effect of treatment measured as mortality, length of hospital stay and discharge to the home in a medical department with a specialized rehabilitation unit. During the period 1.9.1992-31.5.1995 110 patients were discharged to their own home after transient cerebral ischaemia, 23 after subarachnoid haemorrhage, 62 after documented intracerebral haemorrhage and 574 after acute stroke due to infarction or unknown cause. The 636 patients in the last two groups had an in hospital mortality of 18%, a 30-day mortality 18% and a six month mortality of 25%. In the same group the length of hospital stay was 25.6 days and 68% were discharged to their own home. In conclusion the results of treatment of acute stroke in a medical department with a specialized rehabilitation unit were similar to those reported from acute stroke units in Denmark and abroad, but the patients admitted to our department were younger and fewer were single, which may itself reduce mortality and length of hospital stay.
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Randers Centralsygehus, medicinsk afdeling.
D000368:Aged; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000401:mortality / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000628:therapy*; D003718:Denmark / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006757:Hospital Units; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies