Stroke in Neurology Clinic in Sarajevo /Clinical-Epidemiological Features/

Abstract

Data on patients admitted to the Neurology Department in Sarajevo were retrospectively analysed for a 12-month period in 2001. Out of 1681 admitted patients, 972 (58%) were treated for cerebrovascular attack, and 709 (42%) were treated under other diagnoses. Haemorrhagic stroke was diagnosed in 153 patients (19 percent) and ischemic attack in 647 patients (81 percent). 75 patients with haemorrhagic stroke (49%) and 196 patients with ischemic stroke (30 percent) died. 215 or 34 percent of all admitted patients with cerebrovascular attack were them with relapse of the disease.

421 patients (53 percent) were males and 379 (47 percent) were females, with haemorrhagic stroke ratio 75 males (49 percent) to 78 females (51 percent) and ischemic stroke ratio 346 males (53 percent) to 301 females (47 percent). The age group distribution was such that the largest number of patients with haemorrhagic stroke was in the 61-70 yrs age group (60 or 40 percent) and the number of patients with ischemic stroke was the largest in the over 6oyrs age groups (517 or 80 percent). Of all risk factors, hypertension was present in 581 patients (73 percent), in 124 cases of haemorrhagic stroke (81 percent) and in 457 cases of ischemic stroke (71 percent); diabetes was present in 161 patients (21 percent), in 17 cases of haemorrhagic stroke (11 percent) and in 150 cases of ischemic stroke (23 percent), whilst the cardiopathy (all types) was present in 594 patients (74 percent), in 101 cases of haemorrhagic stroke (67 percent) and in 493 cases of ischemic stroke (76 percent). The average length of treatment at the Department was 16,4 days.