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Shilpa Saxena
Shilpa Saxena
India
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Research Article
Factors Predicting Length of Hospital Stay in Acute Stroke Patients Admitted in a Rural Tertiary Care Hospital
Author(s): Amrish Saxena, Ram Nandan Prasad, Khushboo Verma and Shilpa SaxenaAmrish Saxena, Ram Nandan Prasad, Khushboo Verma and Shilpa Saxena
Background: Cerebrovascular stroke is a global health problem. Prolonged length of hospital stay following stroke inflates health care cost, increases risk for hospital-acquired complications, in-hospital death and has been associated with worse outcome. Methods: A hospital based prospective study was performed in acute stroke patients admitted in the department of Medicine of a rural teaching tertiary care hospital located in a town in central India. Data of all consecutive stroke inpatients related to demographic variables (age, gender, social class, education-status), co-morbid conditions, risk factors, imaging variables and various complications during hospital course was collected from patients’ medical records. The type, location, and side of the stroke lesion were noted from the CT/MRI head reports of stroke patients. Stroke assessment scales (GCS, NIHSS, mRS) were also a.. View More»
DOI: 10.4172/2167-7182.S5-003