Predictive Clinical Factors of In-Hospital Mortality in Women Aged 85 Years or More with Acute Ischemic Stroke

S. Karger AG, Basel..

INTRODUCTION: There are limited data on the outcome of acute ischemic stroke oldest old women. We assessed clinical risk factors for in-hospital mortality in women aged 85 years or more with acute ischemic stroke.

METHODS: This single-center retrospective cohort study included 506 women aged ≥ 85 years collected from a total of 4,600 patients with acute cerebral infarction registered in an ongoing 24-year hospital stroke database. The identification of clinical risk factors for in-hospital mortality was the primary endpoint of the study.

RESULTS: The mean (± standard deviation) age of the patients was 88.6 ± 3.2 years. Stroke subtypes were cardioembolic infarcts in 37.7% of patients, atherothrombotic infarcts in 30.8%, infarcts of unknown cause and lacunar infarcts in 26.1% each, and infarcts of unusual cause in 11.5%. The in-hospital mortality rate was 20.4% (n = 103). Cardioembolic infarct accounted for 67% of all deaths (n = 69). Sudden stroke onset (OR 1.87, 95% CI 1.14-3.06), altered consciousness (OR 7.05, 95% CI 4.36-11.38) and neurological, cardiac, respiratory, and hemorrhagic events during hospitalization were independent risk factors for death, whereas lacunar infarction was a protective factor (OR 0.10, 95% CI 0.01-0.82).

CONCLUSION: The oldest old age segment of women with acute ischemic infarction is a subgroup of stroke patients with unfavorable prognosis and high in-hospital mortality associated with sudden stroke onset, altered consciousness and medical complications developed during hospitalization. Lacunar infarction as stroke subtype showed a favourable prognosis.

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2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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Cerebrovascular diseases (Basel, Switzerland) - (2024) vom: 29. Jan.

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Englisch

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Torres-Riera, Sonia [VerfasserIn]
Arboix, Adrià [VerfasserIn]
Parra, Olga [VerfasserIn]
García-Erolesa, Luís [VerfasserIn]
Sánchez-López, María-José [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 29.01.2024

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10.1159/000536436

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NLM367764547