%0 Journal Article
%T Comportamiento de la enfermedad cerebrovascular en un per¨ªodo de dos a os Behaviour of cerebrovascular disease in a period of two years
%A Juan Miguel Rodr¨ªguez Rueda
%A Frank Polanco Rodr¨ªguez
%A Luis Orlando Olivera Bacallao
%A Juan L¨¢zaro P¨¦rez Ch¨¢vez
%J Revista Cubana de Medicina Militar
%D 2006
%I ECIMED
%X Se realiz¨® un estudio retrospectivo descriptivo con el objetivo de evaluar el comportamiento de la enfermedad cerebrovascular en Santa Clara en el per¨ªodo 2003-2004. La investigaci¨®n qued¨® conformada con 54 pacientes de uno y otro sexos; se emplearon las variables: sexo, raza, edad, antecedentes patol¨®gicos personales relacionados con la enfermedad, tipo de accidente vascular encef¨¢lico (isqu¨¦mico y hemorr¨¢gico), complicaciones intracraneales, letalidad seg¨²n tipo de accidente vascular encef¨¢lico , estado del egreso (vivo o muerto), causa de muerte y realizaci¨®n o no de necropsia. La enfermedad cerebrovascular predomin¨® en pacientes mayores de 60 a os de edad del sexo masculino, de la raza blanca. Se comprob¨® una mayor incidencia de los accidentes vasculares encef¨¢licos isqu¨¦micos. Se identificaron como complicaciones m¨¢s frecuentes la bronconeumon¨ªa, el coma y las convulsiones. La letalidad fue mayor en los eventos hemorr¨¢gicos as¨ª como en pacientes que ten¨ªan al menos una enfermedad asociada. La sepsis respiratoria constituy¨® la principal causa de muerte, seguida del tromboembolismo pulmonar. Se utilizaron t¨¦cnicas estad¨ªsticas seg¨²n estudios descriptivos. A descriptive retrospective study was conducted to assess the behaviour of cerebrovascular disease in Santa Clara province from 2003 to 2004. The research included 54 patients of both sexes. The following variables were used: sex, race, age, personal pathological history related to the disease, type of encephalic vascular accident (ischemic and hemorrhagic), intracranial complications, lethality according to the type of encephalic vascular accident, discharge state (alive or dead), cause of death, and the performing or not of necropsy. There was a predominance of cerebrovascular disease in white male patients over 60 years old. A higher incidence of the ischemic encephalic vascular accidents was proved. Bronchopneumonia, coma and convulsions were the most frequent complications. Lethality was higher in hemorrhagic events as well as in patients with at least an associated disease. Respiratory sepsis was the main cause of death, followed by pulmonary thromboembolism. Statistical techniques were used according to the descriptive studies.
%K Enfermedad cerebrovascular
%K ictus
%K accidente cerebrovascular
%K Cerebrovascular disease
%K ictus
%K cerebrovascular accident
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