Prevalencia del accidente cerebrovascular y su tratamiento en la fase aguda en pacientes de 20 a 80 años en la unidad de emergencia del Hospital General Monte Sinaí en el período de diciembre del 2018 a febrero del 2020.

Abstract

Introduction: The World Health Organization (WHO) defines it as a “rapidly developing clinical syndrome due to a focal disturbance of brain function of vascular origin and lasting more than 24 hours”. Objective: To establish the prevalence of stroke in the acute phase and to identify the treatment used in patients aged 20 to 80 years at the Monte Sinaí General Hospital, from December 2018 to February 2020. Materials and Methods: It is a prevalence study, retrospective, descriptive of cross-sectional and non-experimental cohort. Results: In relation to the descriptive variables, it was observed that the female sex predominated in 52% of the study participants. Age had a mean of 63 years with a standard deviation of 12.71; Thus, 58% of the patients had a higher prevalence in the age group of 61 to 80 years. The patients were distributed based on the type of stroke, the ischemic stroke being the most significant in 78% of the patients. Conclusion: The management used in the acute phase of ischemic stroke in patients seen at the HGMS was based on the administration of antiplatelet agents, since the institution does not manage thrombolysis with rtPA because it does not have the stroke unit required to carry out said procedure.