Incidence of aphasia in patients experiencing an ischemic stroke
Sequelae after a stroke are common and may lead to disability. Aphasia - defined as an acquired language disturbance - can cause important limitations in quality of life. To describe the epidemiological features of patients who had an aphasia after a first episode of ischemic stroke and their functi...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Revista medíca de Chile 2017-02, Vol.145 (2), p.194-200 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Sequelae after a stroke are common and may lead to disability. Aphasia - defined as an acquired language disturbance - can cause important limitations in quality of life.
To describe the epidemiological features of patients who had an aphasia after a first episode of ischemic stroke and their functional outcome at six months.
Review of a database of a population study on the incidence, 30-day case fatality rate, and prognosis of stroke performed in a northern Chilean city between 2000 and 2002.
Aphasia was diagnosed in 28 of 142 patients in whom the disorder was sought (20%). The projected incidence rate in the city where the study was carried out is 7.06 per 100,000 inhabitants. The mean age of these 28 patients was 66 ± 20 years and 53% were women. The main risk factor for stroke was hypertension in 62%. The etiology of stroke was undetermined in 64% of these patients. Partial anterior circulation infarction was the most common stroke location in 61%.
Twenty percent of patients with a first episode of ischemic stroke have aphasia. |
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ISSN: | 0717-6163 |
DOI: | 10.4067/S0034-98872017000200007 |