Stroke in young versus elderly clinical characteristic and in hospital mortality a retrospective cross-sectional study | ||
| Sohag Medical Journal | ||
| Article 14, Volume 24, Issue 3, July 2020, Pages 94-99 PDF (787.83 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/smj.2020.35598.1175 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Hazem Kamal Ibrahem1; Mohamed khodery* 2; Hassan Mohamed elnady3 | ||
| 1Neurology and Psychological Medicine department, Facuty of Medicine, Sohag University | ||
| 2Neurology and psychological medicine department , Faculty of medicine. Sohag university | ||
| 3neurology and psychological medicine department,faculty of medicine ,sohag university | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background and purpose About 10- 15%of all ischemic strokes occur in young adults ,limited researches have specifically addressed stroke in the young, also, the etiology of ischemic stroke in the young are heterogeneous and can be relatively uncommon the purpose is to identify different risk factors of stroke in young and elderly and predictors of in hospital mortality patient and method consecutive 197 patient with acute ischemic stroke admitted to neurology department, Sohag university hospital subdivided into two groups according to the age and the cut of point between young and elderly is 50-year, clinical characteristics, risk factors and hospital mortality was compared in both groups Results The prevalence of Rheumatic heart disease is common in ischemic stroke in young adult than elderly while hypertension is the most prevalence vascular risk factor, Charlson comorbidity index is independent predictor of hospital mortality of ischemic stroke in elderly conclusion Rheumatic heart disease still prevalent in young adult in a sample of Egyptian population, hypertension is the most important modifiable risk factor Charlson comorbidity index and Scandinavian stroke scale on admission are predictors of hospital mortality in elderly and young adult respectively | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Rheumatic heart disease; stroke in young; hospital mortality | ||
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