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15929845

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-6-2
pubmed:abstractText
Stroke remains an important cause of death, hospitalisation and chronic disability in developed populations. This study aimed to evaluate patients characteristics at admission that relate to length of hospital stay, mortality and destination of stroke patients. We studied 255 consecutive stroke patients admitted to internal medicine wards of Hospital São João, Porto. In-hospital mortality was 5.5%. In a multivariate analysis, we found male sex, paralysis in affected limb and intracerebral haemorrhage as significantly associated with longer hospitalisation. None of the studied characteristics was found to be independently associated with mortality. Previously living at an institution was significantly associated with discharge to an institution. This study showed that admission characteristics may provide relevant information to assess short term prognosis and to identify patients with special difficulties and needs.
pubmed:language
por
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1646-0758
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
17
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
187-92
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
[Length of hospital stay, mortality and destination after discharge of stroke patients].
pubmed:affiliation
Serviço de Higiene e Epidemiologia, Faculdade de Medicina do Porto, Porto.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't