Abstract

ECOS-QUISPE, Rosa L; SOLIS, Frank G; GONZALES, Marco A  and  ABANTO, Carlos. Factors associated to mortality in patients with cerebral infarction at the Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Neurólogicas: January 2008 - December 2009. Rev Neuropsiquiatr [online]. 2014, vol.77, n.2, pp.86-94. ISSN 0034-8597.

Objectives: To explore associated factors to mortality of patients with cerebral infarction. Methods: We reviewed clinical records of patients with diagnosis of cerebral infarction hospitalized at the Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Neurologicas, January 2008 to December 2010. We describe the demographic and clinical variables. In addition, the logistic regression model was used to determine the factors associated with mortality in these patients. Results: We reviewed clinical records of 461 patients with brain infarction. The median age was 67 years and 56% were men. We calculated a ratio of 7.6% dead, 95% IC (5.3-10.4); the factors significantly associated are the sensitive deficit OR = 2.7, headache OR = 2.75, consciousness disorder OR = 12, NIHSS scale OR = 1.25 and anterior vascular territory OR = 2.65. Conclusions: in this exploratory study factors associated with mortality by cerebral infarction were the presence of sensitive deficit, headache, loss of consciousness, severe neurological deficit and vascular territory of the anterior circulation.

Keywords : Cerebral infarction; risk factors.

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