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Stroke risk factor, pattern and outcome in patients with cancer
- Source :
- Acta Neurologica Scandinavica. 114:378-383
- Publication Year :
- 2006
- Publisher :
- Hindawi Limited, 2006.
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Abstract
- Objective – To investigate risk factors, stroke pattern and outcome in stroke patients with cancer. Methods – A retrospective review of all stroke patients with cancer (n = 69) admitted to Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital, Sydney, Australia, between January 1999 and December 2004 was conducted, and comparison made to age- and gender-matched non-cancer stroke patients admitted to the same hospital during the same period. Results – Vascular risk factors did not significantly differ between cancer and non-cancer groups. There was a trend towards greater risk of intracerebral haemorrhage in the cancer group vs the non-cancer group. Previous deep vein thrombosis was more common, and prothrombin time and activated partial thromboplastin time were prolonged in the cancer group vs the non-cancer group. More patients died in hospital in the cancer group vs the non-cancer group. Conclusions – Coagulation disorders are more likely to be seen in stroke patients with cancer, and patients with cancer have a higher in-hospital post-stroke mortality.
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Deep vein
Brain Ischemia
Risk Factors
Neoplasms
Internal medicine
medicine
Humans
Risk factor
Stroke
Aged
Blood coagulation test
Aged, 80 and over
Prothrombin time
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Australia
Cancer
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Thrombosis
Surgery
Treatment Outcome
medicine.anatomical_structure
Neurology
Case-Control Studies
Female
Blood Coagulation Tests
Neurology (clinical)
business
Intracranial Hemorrhages
Partial thromboplastin time
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 16000404 and 00016314
- Volume :
- 114
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Acta Neurologica Scandinavica
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....b6814471734557b6457a3e82e7f8394f