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Short and long term prognosis for very old stroke patients — the Copenhagen Stroke Study
Author(s)	Lars Peter Kammersgaard, H S Jorgensen, J Reith
Journal title	Age and Ageing, vol 33, no 2, March 2004
Pages	pp 149-153
Source	http://www.ageing.oupjournals.org
Keywords	Stroke ; Age groups [elderly] ; Death rate [statistics] ; Denmark.
Annotation	In the community-based Copenhagen Stroke Study, the authors recorded admission clinical characteristics of 1,197 consecutive stroke patients. Follow-up was performed at a mean of 7 years after stroke onset. 16% of the patients were aged 85+ at the time of stroke onset. Most of the very old were women, living alone, had atrial fibrillation, had pre-existing disability, and had more severe strokes. Very old age also predicted short-term mortality and discharge to nursing home or in-hospital mortality. Thus, very old age per se was a strong predictor of outcome and mortality after stroke. Apart from very old age, factors such as post-stroke medical and functional status, and onset stroke severity should be taken into account when planning treatment and rehabilitation after stroke. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-040602217 A
Classmark	CQA: BB: S5: 76K
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