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\pard\phmrg\pvmrg\posx29\posy0\absw4075\ri0\li0\fi0\sb0\sl-278\qj{\f65535\fs20 \b STRaKE \f65535\fs20 LETHALITY IN EMERGENCY UNIT IN BARANYA (EAST CROATIA)\par}
\pard\phmrg\pvmrg\posx24\posy764\absw3576\ri0\li0\fi0\sb0\sl-182\qj{\f65535\fs12 MARJANOVIA: K, KRAU M, SOLDo-BuTKOVI,E S, GMAJNIA: R, MAI!JANOVIA: M, DMITROVI!E tj, IVANOVI;E M\par}
\pard\phmrg\pvmrg\posx9\posy1335\absw3787\ri0\li0\fi0\sb0\sl-216\qj{\f65535\fs16 \i Clinical Hospilal \f65535\fs18 Osijek, \f65535\fs16 Heallh Cenler Beli Manaslir, Heallh Cenler Osijek, Sehool of Medicine, josIP Juraj Slrossmayer University, OSijek, Cmalia\par}
\pard\phmrg\pvmrg\posx0\posy2204\absw4310\ri0\li0\fi177\sb0\sl-206\qj{\f65535\fs14 This retrospective study was undenaken to identify the cause of death in patients hospitalized at the Osijek University Hospi\-Iai, referred by the psysicians from the Beli Manastir Health Center Emergency Unit to the Osijek Department of Neurology for a clinical manifestations of cerebrovascular disease (CVD). From Nove'mber 1, 1997 (the time of Baranya reintegration after the war) tili December 31,2001,229 patients with symp\-toms of CVD were referred to the Osijek University Hospital from Baranya and 89 of thcm died in hospital. Among these 89 patients, there were 53 men and 36 women, mean age 68,73 years. The majority of patients were in the 61-70 (n=34) and 71\-80 (n=34) age groups. The causc of death was detennined on the basis of clinical diagnosis, computed tomography finding, and autopsy finding. Stroke, as the eause of death, was identi\-fied in 81 deceased patients, with lethality of 38,38%, whereas the remaining 8 deceased patients with the symptoms of CVD died of same other disease (plasmocytoma, glioblastoma, cere\-bral metestases, fracture of the first cervical venebra, acute myo\-cardiai infarction, aeute appendicitis, chronical ishemie heart disease and bleeding gastric ulcer). Out of 8] strake patients. ischemic stroke was diagnosed in 59 and hemorrhaglc stroke in 22 patients. Comparison of referral diagnoses and causes of death showed that of 72 patients referred with a diagnosis of nonspecified stroke, 47 died from ischemic strake, 18 from hemorrhagic stroke and 7 from other diseases. Out of sevcn patients referred as ischemic stroke, ischemic strake was the cause of death in 6 and hemorrhagic stroke in one patient. Out of five patients referred as hemorrhagic strake, hemorrhagic type was cause of death in 3, ischemie stroke in one and other disease in one patient. In the patients referred with diagnosis of transient \f65535\fs16 ischemic attack (n=j), hypertensive encelophathy (n=2) \f65535\fs14 and \f65535\fs14 late stroke sequel (n=2), the cause of death was ischemic strake.\par}\pard}