Primary care center specialized in cerebrovascular accidents
First experience in Uruguay: preliminary report
Keywords:
STROKE, INTENSIVE CARE UNITS
Abstract
Introduction: health care centers specialized in cerebrovascular accidents (CVA) or strokes (CES) aim to improve prevention, health care assistance and rehabilitation of patients affected by CVA.
Objetives: we present our experience along with the strengths and weaknesses found at the First Primary Care Center Specialized in Stroke (CEPS) in Uruguay, developed at the Canelones Medical Cooperative (COMECA) during the first year of work.
Methods: the center provides health care services to adult patients, both in acute phases and during intra-hospital and extra-hospital follow-up. Inclusion criteria: adult patient who were hospitalized at COMECA’s Sanatorio , under three days after the presentation of symptoms, all severity severity levels. It includes subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), parenchymatous hemorrhage (PH) and cerebral infarction (INF).
The center is multidisciplinary; activities are completely protocolized and computerized.
Results: 45 patients were included: INF 69%, PH 20% and SAH 11%. Early mortality was 13%, mainly associated to PH and greater severity at stroke onset. Average length of hospital stay was nine days.
Conclusions: the population characteristics and mortality figures are comparable to those of other centers. Length of stay is similar to the best international results. Current results lack epidemiological value, which will be achieved after a certain time.
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(2) Riggs JE. Changing demographics and neurologic disease in the elderly. Neurol Clin 1996; 14(2): 477-86.
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(5) Flemming KD, Brown RD Jr, Petty GW, Huston J 3rd, Kallmes DF, Piepgras DG. Evaluation and management of transient ischemic attack and minor cerebral infarction. Mayo Clin Proc 2004; 79(8): 1071-86.
(6) Goldstein LB, Bian J, Samsa GP, Bonito AJ, Lux LJ, Matchar DB. New transient ischemic attack and stroke. Arch Intern Med 2000; 160(19): 2941-6.
(7) Alberts MJ, Latchaw RE, Selman WR, Shephard T, Hadley MN, Brass LM, et al. Recommendations for comprehensive stroke centers. Stroke 2005; 36(7): 1597-616.
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(21) Wiebers DO, Feigin VL, Brown RD Jr. Appendixes: Functional Status Scales. In: Handbook of Stroke. Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven, 1997: 357.
(22) Brainin M, Bornstein N, Boysen G, Demarin V. Acute neurological stroke care in Europe: results of the European Stroke Care Inventory. Eur J Neurol 2000; 7(1): 5-10.
(23) Fuentes B, Diez-Tejedor E. Unidades de ictus: una necesidad asistencial coste-efectiva. Neurología 2007; 22(7): 456-66.
(24) Indredavik B, Bakke F, Slordahl SA, Rokseth R, Hâheim LL. Stroke unit treatment: 10 year follow-up. Stroke 1999; 30(8): 1524-7.
(25) Hochmann B, Coelho J, Segura J, Galli M, Ketzoian C, Pebet M. Incidencia de accidentes cerebrovasculares en la ciudad de Rivera, Uruguay. Rev Neurol 2006; 43(2): 78-83.
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(27) Braga P, Ibarra A, Rega I, Ketzoian C, Pebet M, Servente L, et al. Prediction of early mortality after acute stroke. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis 2002; 11(1): 15-22.
(28) Jørgensen HS, Nakayama H, Raaschou HO, Olsen TS. Intracerebral hemorrhage versus infarction: stroke severity, risk factors and prognosis. Ann Neurol 1995; 38(1): 45-50.
(29) Sposato LA, Esnaola MM, Zamora R, Zurrú MC, Fustinoni O, Saposnik G; ReNACer Investigators; Argentinian Neurological Society. Quality of ischemic stroke care in emerging countries: the Argentinian National Stroke Registry (ReNACer). Stroke 2008; 39(11): 3036-41.
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(31) Baptista MV, van Melle G, Bogousslavsky J. Prediction of in-hospital mortality after first-ever stroke: the Lausanne Stroke Registry. J Neurol Sci 1999; 166(2): 107-14.
(32) Jørgensen HS, Nakayama H, Raaschou HO, Larsen K, Hübbe P, Olsen TS. The effect of a stroke unit: reductions in mortality, discharge rate to nursing home, length of hospital stay and cost. A community-based study. Stroke 1995; 26(7): 1178-82.
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Legnani EJ, Tarigo H, Legnani C, Braga P, Bagés M. Primary care center specialized in cerebrovascular accidents. Rev. Méd. Urug. [Internet]. 2009Jun.30 [cited 2024Nov.25];25(2):92-101. Available from: http://www2.rmu.org.uy/ojsrmu311/index.php/rmu/article/view/466
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