Clinical Predictors of Survival and Functional Outcome of Stroke Patients Admitted to Critical Care*

Conclusions: Mortality in critically ill stroke patients is high and occurs most often shortly after the event. Less than one in three surviving patients is able to function independently after 1 year. This study has identified several clinical variables that predict long-term all-cause mortality and functional outcome among critically ill stroke patients and found that mainly acute physiologic disturbance and absolute values of neurologic clinical assessment are predictive.
Source: Critical Care Medicine - Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Clinical Investigations Source Type: research