Factors associated with long-term mortality for stroke unit patients in Latvia.
Illa MihejevaAnita VētraGuna BērziņaPublished in: Brain and behavior (2018)
Alcohol abuse as a pre-stroke risk factor, poststroke urinary incontinence as a neurological symptom, and dependence in grooming as a factor of disability were associated with earlier mortality in the first seven years after stroke.
Keyphrases
- urinary incontinence
- risk factors
- end stage renal disease
- atrial fibrillation
- cardiovascular events
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- multiple sclerosis
- peritoneal dialysis
- cerebral ischemia
- prognostic factors
- patient reported
- type diabetes
- brain injury
- coronary artery disease
- blood brain barrier
- intimate partner violence