ArticleRevista latino-americana de enfermagem2019
Predictors of prolonged hospital stay in a Comprehensive Stroke Unit.
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- A systematic review and meta-analysis show a decreasing prevalence of post-stroke infections.BMC neurology · 2024Pooled it
- Machine Learning Methods to Predict the Length of Stay for Acute Stroke: A Scoping Review and Meta-Analysis.Health care science · 2026Review
- Risk Factors Related to the Incidence of Stroke-Associated Pneumonia in Adults: Protocol for a Scoping Review.JMIR research protocols · 2026Article
- Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio as a risk factor for prolonged hospital stay in stroke: The Peru-Casimiro study.Irish journal of medical science · 2026Article
- Hospital Readmission in Stroke Survivors in Social Vulnerability: Predictive Modeling with Machine Learning from the Perspective of the Chronic Conditions Care Model.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Development and validation of a clinical prediction model for concurrent pulmonary infection in convalescent patients with intracerebral hemorrhage.Biomedical engineering online · 2025Article
- Challenges in adapting a stroke unit in a middle-income country: warning about costs and underfunding to achieve the Brazilian Ministry of Health's benchmark.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Outcome in acute ischemic stroke patients with large-vessel occlusion and initial mild deficits.Frontiers in stroke · 2024Article
- Can HRV Predict Prolonged Hospitalization and Favorable or Unfavorable Short-Term Outcome in Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke?Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Magnitude and Predictors of In-Hospital Stroke Mortality in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Stroke research and treatment · 2022Review
- Disparities Influencing Functional Outcomes Between Rural and Urban Patients With Acute Stroke.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Article
- The Riga East University Hospital Stroke Registry-An Analysis of 4915 Consecutive Patients with Acute Stroke.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2021Article
- Predicting length of stay in patients admitted to stroke rehabilitation with severe and moderate levels of functional impairments.Medicine · 2020Observational
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Abstract
objectiveto analyze the in-hospital complications of prolonged hospital stay in patients with ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack, admitted to the stroke unit of a tertiary hospital.
methodthis is an evaluative correlational study. All first-ever ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack patients admitted were retrospectively analyzed. During hospital stay, the predictors of long-term hospitalization considered were: 1) clinical complications (pneumonia, urinary tract infection, pressure damage and deep vein thrombosis), and 2) neurological complications (malignant ischemic stroke and symptomatic hemorrhagic transformation).
results353 patients were discharged in the study period. Mean age was 64.1±13.7 years old and 186 (52.6%) were men. The mean time of hospital stay was 13.7±14.3 days. Pneumonia (25.3±28.8 days, p<0.001), urinary tract infection (32.9±45.2 days, p<0.001) and malignant stroke (29.1±21.4 days, p<0.001) increased significantly the length of hospital stay compared to patients without any complications (11.2±7.1 days).
conclusionthis study showed that three complications delayed hospital discharge in patients admitted in a stroke unit, two preventable ones: pneumonia and urinary tract infection. More intense measures to avoid them should be included in the performance indicators to reduce the length of hospital stay in stroke units.
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