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- Title
PATIENTS TREATED WITH SUSPECTED STROKE: ANALYSIS OF THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN DIAGNOSIS AND CLINICAL OUTCOME.
- Authors
da Silva Dantas, Bruno Araújo; Amorim Almeida, Larissa; de Vasconcelos Torres, Gilson; Alves Cavalcante, Cleonice Andréa
- Abstract
Objective: to verify the association between diagnosis and clinical outcomes in suspected cases of stroke treated in the emergency room of a high complexity hospital. Method: a cross-sectional and observational study, with secondary data and a quantitative approach, carried out on visits to patients with suspected ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke for six months. Results: from the total of 50 consultations, it was observed that among the diagnoses of stroke, the ischemic one with 18 cases (36%) and the hemorrhagic one with five (10%) stood out, and this represented the largest proportion of cases. deaths, with a total of three (6%). Within the sample, 24 (48%) had no confirmation of stroke, without any occurrence of death (p-value= 0.001). Conclusion: an association between the diagnosis of stroke and its clinical outcome was observed in the sample, with hospital discharge as the main outcome, but with a high percentage of deaths.
- Subjects
STROKE treatment; STROKE diagnosis; STROKE-related mortality; HOSPITAL emergency services; SCIENTIFIC observation; HEMORRHAGIC stroke; CROSS-sectional method; ISCHEMIC stroke; TREATMENT effectiveness; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; DISCHARGE planning
- Publication
Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental, 2022, Vol 14, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1809-6107
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.9789/2175-5361.rpcfo.v14.11720