Naslov
Cerebrovascular diseases in Emergency unit in Baranya (East Croatia)

Autori
Kralj, M. ; Marijanovic, K. ; Soldo-Butković, Silva ; Gmajnić , Rudika ; Sicajmov, I. ; Marijanovic, M. ; Ivanovic, M.

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, stručni

Skup
The second Mediterranean emergency medicine congress

Mjesto i datum
Barcelona, Španjolska; Sitges, Španjolska, 13.09.2003. - 17.09.2003

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Nije recenziran

Ključne riječi
cerebrovascular diseases; transient ischemic attack; stroke

Sažetak
Emergency Unit of the Beli Manastir Health Center (BMHC) covers the whole arca of Baranya (1148 square kilometres) with a population of 42, 633 inhabitants living in the town of Beli Manastir and 45 surrounding villages. The nearest inpatient institution is Osijek University Hospital in OSijek, at a 33 km distance from Beli Manastir. The aim of the presel1tation is to provide the survey of patients with clinical picture of cerebrovascular diseases (CVD) examined at BMHC Emergency Unit from November I, 1997 (the time of Baranya reintegration into the legal system of the Republic of Croatia after the war) till December 31, 2001. During the study period, 513 patients with CVD symptoms, 250 men and 263 women, mean age 69.46 (age range 25-100) years, were exammed. A majority of patients belonged to the 61 -70 (n=201) and 71-80 (n= 176) age groups. The greatest number of patients (n= 152) were examined during the year 1999. The following diseases were diagnosed in the study cohort: transient Ischemic attack (TlA) in 36. ischemic stroke in 25. hemorrhagic stroke in 14. nonspecified stroke in 392, hypenensive encephalopathy in 22, late stroke sequels in 24 patients. In the group of patients with the diagnosis of nonspecified stroke (n=392), a female predominance was recorded (206 women vs 186 men), 401 patients were referred to and 229 of them were hospitalized at the Department of Neurology. Osijek University Hospital: Out of 513 study patients 95 died, 89 of them at the hospital, and 6 died at home (death confirmed by BMHC Emergency Unit physicians at patient's home). Of 89 patients who died in Osijek University Hospital. 81 died from from CVD and the remain ing 8 from some other underlying disease.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti

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