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Revista Uruguaya de Medicina Interna

versão impressa ISSN 2393-6797versão On-line ISSN 2393-6797

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GAUDIANO, Javier et al. Aetiological search for stroke in medical rooms of the Pasteur Hospital, Montevideo - Uruguay. July - September 2019. Rev. Urug. Med. Int. [online]. 2020, vol.5, n.1, pp.19-27.  Epub 01-Mar-2020. ISSN 2393-6797.  https://doi.org/10.26445/05.01.2.

Introduction:

A stroke is a parenchymal cerebral lesion due to vascular compromise. This could be either hemorrhagic or ischemic. It presents high morbidity and mortality, being the second cause of death in the world and third in Uruguay, causing elevated health expenses. Recognizing the most frequent etiologies, their association with different risks factors and treatments applied could help to create better primary and secondary prevention strategies.

Objectives:

recognized stroke`s etiologies in patients hospitalized in Hospital Pasteur`s rooms, their epidemiologic characteristics, risk factors associated, the requested paraclinic and the treatment before they leave the hospital.

Methods:

Descriptive, observational and transversal study. We included patients older than 18 years old, with a stroke diagnosis, admitted into Hospital Pasteur medical`s rooms, between July 15 and September 30, 2019. Data were collected from medical records by accepting an informed consent, which analyzed variables such as risk factors, clinical presentation, requested preclinical and treatment.

Results and discussion:

30 patients were included, 18 were female. The average age was 70,48 years. Ischemic strokes were predominated by 90%. Hypertension, dyslipidemia, diabetes mellitus and smoking were the predominant risk factors. Pyramidal syndrome was the most frequent clinical presentation. Undetermined stroke was the principal etiology, followed by atherosclerotic and cardioembolic. There were some patients that the algorithm was not completed. Treatments were adequate according to the causes.

Conclusions:

The most frequent etiology was the undetermined cause, followed by atherothrombotic. Prevalent risk factors were hypertension, dyslipidemia, DM and smoking. Most of the patients had more than 3 associated risk factors, so we conclude that the sum of risk factors increases the incidence of stroke.

Palavras-chave : stroke; etiology; treatment.

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