Caracterización de adultos mayores con ictus

Introduction: cerebrovascular disease is one of the most frequent causes of mortality and disability worldwide, its incidence and prevalence are higher as the age of the population increases. Objective: to characterize elderly stroke patients treated at the Dr. León Cuervo Rubio Hospital. Method: an...

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Main Authors: Nora María Lemus Fajardo, Lázaro Pablo Linares Cánovas, Luis Alberto Lazo Herrera, Liyansis Bárbara Linares Cánovas
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Language:Spanish
Published: Editorial Ciencias Médicas 2019-07-01
Series:Acta Médica del Centro
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Online Access:http://www.revactamedicacentro.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/985
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author Nora María Lemus Fajardo
Lázaro Pablo Linares Cánovas
Luis Alberto Lazo Herrera
Liyansis Bárbara Linares Cánovas
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Lázaro Pablo Linares Cánovas
Luis Alberto Lazo Herrera
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description Introduction: cerebrovascular disease is one of the most frequent causes of mortality and disability worldwide, its incidence and prevalence are higher as the age of the population increases. Objective: to characterize elderly stroke patients treated at the Dr. León Cuervo Rubio Hospital. Method: an observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out at the institution from 2015 to 2017; a sample of 138 elderly patients was selected from a population of 296 patients with clinical and imaging diagnosis of stroke in a simple randomized, probabilistic manner. Questioning, review of clinical history and application of instruments allowed obtaining the information that gave way to the variables studied. Ethical principles were respected. Results: females predominated, as well as the age group between 60 and 69 years and ischemic stroke, atherothrombotic infarction was the most representative. Consumption of an atherogenic diet was the main risk factor and paralysis of limbs was the main sequel. Severe neurological impairment and cognitive impairment predominated, the modified Rankin scale showed predominance of elderly patients moderately affected, while the Barthel index revealed it in those severely dependent. Conclusions: the characterization of stroke patients allowed us to know their particularities, which allows us to trace work strategies with this population to achieve an improvement in their quality of life and identify which factors should be studied in groups prone to develop the disease in order to prevent its appearance.
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spelling doaj.art-bbc3769ee7bb4df5b0b65bc6a9cd7f2c2022-12-22T02:38:10ZspaEditorial Ciencias MédicasActa Médica del Centro2709-79272019-07-01133304314901Caracterización de adultos mayores con ictusNora María Lemus Fajardo0Lázaro Pablo Linares Cánovas1Luis Alberto Lazo Herrera2Liyansis Bárbara Linares Cánovas3Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico Docente "Dr. León Cuervo Rubio"Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del RíoUniversidad de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del RíoUniversidad de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del RíoIntroduction: cerebrovascular disease is one of the most frequent causes of mortality and disability worldwide, its incidence and prevalence are higher as the age of the population increases. Objective: to characterize elderly stroke patients treated at the Dr. León Cuervo Rubio Hospital. Method: an observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out at the institution from 2015 to 2017; a sample of 138 elderly patients was selected from a population of 296 patients with clinical and imaging diagnosis of stroke in a simple randomized, probabilistic manner. Questioning, review of clinical history and application of instruments allowed obtaining the information that gave way to the variables studied. Ethical principles were respected. Results: females predominated, as well as the age group between 60 and 69 years and ischemic stroke, atherothrombotic infarction was the most representative. Consumption of an atherogenic diet was the main risk factor and paralysis of limbs was the main sequel. Severe neurological impairment and cognitive impairment predominated, the modified Rankin scale showed predominance of elderly patients moderately affected, while the Barthel index revealed it in those severely dependent. Conclusions: the characterization of stroke patients allowed us to know their particularities, which allows us to trace work strategies with this population to achieve an improvement in their quality of life and identify which factors should be studied in groups prone to develop the disease in order to prevent its appearance.http://www.revactamedicacentro.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/985adulto mayorenfermedades crónicas no transmisiblesenfermedad cerebrovascularictus
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Caracterización de adultos mayores con ictus
Acta Médica del Centro
adulto mayor
enfermedades crónicas no transmisibles
enfermedad cerebrovascular
ictus
title Caracterización de adultos mayores con ictus
title_full Caracterización de adultos mayores con ictus
title_fullStr Caracterización de adultos mayores con ictus
title_full_unstemmed Caracterización de adultos mayores con ictus
title_short Caracterización de adultos mayores con ictus
title_sort caracterizacion de adultos mayores con ictus
topic adulto mayor
enfermedades crónicas no transmisibles
enfermedad cerebrovascular
ictus
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