[In-hospital mortality due to stroke].
Overall mortality due to stroke has decreased in the last three decades probable due to a better control of vascular risk factors. In-hospital mortality of stroke patients has been estimated to be between 6 and 14% in most of the series reported. However, data from recent clinical trials suggest that these figures may be substantially lower. Data from FLENI Stroke Data Bank and institutional mortality records between 2000 and 2010 were reviewed. Ischemic stroke subtypes were classified according to TOAST criteria and hemorrhagic stroke subtypes were classified as intraparenchymal hematoma, aneurismatic subarachnoid hemorrhage, arterio-venous malformation, and other intraparenchymal hematomas. A total of 1514 patients were studied. Of these, 1079 (71%) were ischemic strokes,39% large vessels, 27% cardioembolic, 9% lacunar, 14% unknown etiology, and 11% others etiologies. There were 435 (29%) hemorrhagic strokes, 27% intraparenchymal hematomas, 30% aneurismatic subarachnoid hemorrhage, 25% arterio-venous malformation, and 18% other intraparenchymal hematomas. Moreover, 38 in-hospital deaths were recorded (17 ischemic strokes and 21 hemorrhagic strokes), accounting for 2.5% overall mortality (1.7% in ischemic strokes and 4.8% in hemorrhagic strokes). No deaths occurred associated with the use of intravenous fibrinolytics occurred. In our Centre in-hospital mortality in patients with stroke was low. Management of these patients in a Centre dedicated to neurological diseases along with a multidisciplinary approach from medical and non-medical staff trained in the care of cerebrovascular diseases could, at least in part, account for these results.
Instituto de Investigaciones Neurológicas Dr. Raúl Carrea, FLENI, Buenos Aires, Argentina. frodriguezlucci@yahoo.com
Federico
F
Rodríguez Lucci
Virginia
V
Pujol Lereis
Sebastián
S
Ameriso
Guillermo
G
Povedano
María F
MF
Díaz
Alejandro
A
Hlavnicka
Néstor A
NA
Wainsztein
Sebastián F
SF
Ameriso
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001118:Argentina; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D005260:Female; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006782:Hospitals, Special / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D017678:Sex Distribution; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality*; D013997:Time Factors
hemorrhagic stroke; in-hospital mortality; ischaemic stroke