[Early complications after acute cerebrovascular insufficiency].

In the present paper the courses of the disease of 117 patients who due to an acute cerebrovascular insufficiency were admitted to the angiological department of a Dresden county hospital in the period from January 1989 to June 1990. Early complications which were frequently observed were urinary tract infections, pneumonias and recidivations of insult. On the basis of the results of examination can be confirmed that the prognosis is decisively determined by the ability of mobilisation during the first days.