Naslov
Epidemiology of stroke at Slavonski Brod General Hospital 1996-2000

Autori
Dikanović, Marinko ; Bitunjac, Milan

Izvornik
Acta clinica Croatica. Supplement (0353-9474) 41 (2002), Suppl.3;

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, kongresno priopcenje, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
epidemiologic data on stroke; Slavonski Brod Hospital; hemorrhagic stroke

Sažetak
The aim of the study was to investigate the epidemiologic data on stroke in the Slavonski Brod Hospital on the basis of medical records of the Department of neurology during the 1996-2000 period. The General Hospital in Slavonski Brod has 550 beds and a catchment population of 120, 000. Department of Neurology has 32 beds, with about 600 patients treated for cerebrovascular disease. During the study period, 2055 patients, 52, 3% of them female, were hospitalized for stroke, and 383 (18, 7%) of them died. There were 1828 ischemic strokes, with a female predominance (53, 0%) and 294 (16, 1%) deaths ; and 227 hemorrhagic strokes, with a male predominance (53, 3%) and 88 (39, 2%) deaths. On an average, 1.12 patients were admitted for stroke and o.21 patients died per day during the study period.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Javno zdravstvo i zdravstvena zaštita

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