Open AccessStroke in chronic kidney disease
Author(s) -
P Rama Krishna,
Sriram Naresh,
G Sivarama Krishna,
AY Lakshmi,
B Vengamma,
V Siva Kumar
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
indian journal of nephrology/indian journal of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.317
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1998-3662
pISSN - 0971-4065
DOI - 10.4103/0971-4065.50672
Subject(s) - medicine , stroke (engine) , kidney disease , diabetes mellitus , incidence (geometry) , cerebral infarction , disease , intracerebral hemorrhage , prospective cohort study , physical therapy , ischemia , subarachnoid hemorrhage , mechanical engineering , physics , optics , engineering , endocrinology
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with a higher risk for stroke in studies from developed countries. This prospective study was conducted to study the clinical profile, management, and outcome of stroke in patients of chronic kidney disease who had been admitted in our institute during the period from December 2004 to December 2006. A higher incidence of stroke was found in men and in the fifth decade of life. Hypertension and diabetes were found in 88.8 and 48.1% of the patients respectively. CKD was detected for the first time during stroke evaluation in 55.5% of the patients. Stroke was due to cerebral infarction in 48.14% and due to cerebral hemorrhage in 40.7% of the patients. Surgical intervention was needed in 14.8% of all patients while stroke was managed medically in the rest. Over 70% of the patients were discharged after they showed improvement in the symptoms.