title: [Cerebrovascular disease in a Neurologic Intermediate Care Unit in Chile. Analysis of 459 consecutive patients].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  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.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To describe the clinical profile of patients attended after a stroke, to determine stroke subtypes and their risk factors.
  
  
  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.
authors.affiliation: Depertamento de Neurología, Hospital Clínico, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. pmellado@med.puc.cl
authors.forename: Patricio
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mellado T
authors.forename: Jaime
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Court L
authors.forename: Jaime
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authors.lastname: Godoy F
authors.forename: Victoria
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authors.lastname: Mery C
authors.forename: Carolina
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authors.lastname: Barnett T
authors.forename: Max
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authors.lastname: Andresen H
authors.forename: Isidro
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authors.lastname: Huete L
authors.forename: José
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authors.lastname: Tevah C
authors.forename: Vinko
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authors.lastname: Tomicic F
authors.forename: Carlos
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authors.lastname: Romero P
authors.forename: Ricardo
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authors.lastname: Fadic R
authors.forename: Marco A
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authors.lastname: Soza M
authors.forename: Raúl
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authors.lastname: Valenzuela M
authors.forename: Jorge
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authors.lastname: Tapia I
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D002677:Chile / Q000453:epidemiology; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D005260:Female; D006757:Hospital Units / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D017678:Sex Distribution; D020521:Stroke / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology