Mellado T Patricio, Court L Jaime, Godoy F Jaime, Mery C Victoria, Barnett T Carolina, Andresen H Max, Huete L Isidro, Tevah C José, Tomicic F Vinko, Romero P Carlos, Fadic R Ricardo, Soza M Marco A, Valenzuela M Raúl, Tapia I Jorge
Depertamento de Neurología, Hospital Clínico, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Rev Med Chil. 2005 Nov;133(11):1274-84. doi: 10.4067/s0034-98872005001100002. Epub 2005 Dec 29.
Stroke is the second cause of mortality and the first cause of morbidity in Chile and worldwide. Nowadays there is a major interest in introducing new therapies applying evidence based medicine for these patients.
To describe the clinical profile of patients attended after a stroke, to determine stroke subtypes and their risk factors.
Retrospective review of clinical records of 459 patients (mean age 65+/-48 years, 238 female) that were admitted to our unit during a period of 37 months.
Sixty three percent of patients had an ischemic stroke, 14% had an hemorrhagic stroke, 15% had a transient ischemic attack, 2% had a cerebral venous thrombosis and 6% a subarachnoidal hemorrhage. The global mortality was 1%. Seventy percent of patients had a history of high blood pressure.
The most common type of stroke is ischemic and high blood pressure is the main risk factor.
在智利乃至全球，中风是第二大致死原因和第一大致病原因。如今，人们对为这些患者引入基于循证医学的新疗法有着浓厚兴趣。
描述中风后就诊患者的临床特征，确定中风亚型及其危险因素。
回顾性分析在37个月期间入住我们科室的459例患者（平均年龄65±48岁，女性238例）的临床记录。
63%的患者为缺血性中风，14%为出血性中风，15%为短暂性脑缺血发作，2%为脑静脉血栓形成，6%为蛛网膜下腔出血。总体死亡率为1%。70%的患者有高血压病史。
最常见的中风类型是缺血性中风，高血压是主要危险因素。
