کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
2710825 1145013 2013 6 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
The Frequency of Poststroke Infections and Their Impact on Early Stroke Outcome
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی مغز و اعصاب بالینی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
The Frequency of Poststroke Infections and Their Impact on Early Stroke Outcome
چکیده انگلیسی

IntroductionPoststroke infections are the most common medical complications of stroke and can occur in up to 65% of patients. The aim of this study was to assess the rate of infectious complications during hospitalization of stroke patients and to evaluate the impact of infection in general, including each of the urinary tract infection (UTI), pneumonia, and sepsis, on fatal and poor functional outcome at discharge.MethodsThis retrospective study enrolled patients who have been diagnosed with acute ischemic stroke treated in a 1-year period. Poor functional outcome at discharge was defined as severe invalidity and included patients with modified Rankin Scale score of 3-5. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed.ResultsWe analyzed 133 patients with acute ischemic stroke. Poststroke infection occurred in 63 (47.4%) patients. The most common infection was UTI that was present in 27 (20.3%) patients. Multivariate logistic regression analysis after adjustment for confounders demonstrated that poststroke infection was an independent predictor of poor functional outcome (odds ratio [OR] 12.82, 95% confidence interval [CI] 4.09-40.0, P < .001) and death at discharge (OR 14.92, 95% CI 2.97-76.92, P = .001). When analyzing the impact of each infectious complication, multivariate logistic regression showed that UTIs were an independent predictor of poor functional outcome (OR 14.08, 95% CI 3.06-64.84, P = .001) and death (OR 9.81, 95% CI 1.46-65.68, P = .019) at discharge.ConclusionInfection is a frequent poststroke complication and represents an independent predictor of poor functional and fatal early stroke outcome.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - Volume 22, Issue 4, May 2013, Pages 424–429
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