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In a cohort of 215 elderly patients with acute cerebral infarction, interstitial oedema, raised serum creatinine, advanced age, and homonymous hemianopia were independent predictors of mortality.
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May aid risk stratification in elderly stroke; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before practice change.
Paul J. Friedman (1994) conducted a cohort in acute cerebral infarction (n=215). Predictors of mortality (e.g., interstitial oedema, serum creatinine) was evaluated on mortality. In a cohort of 215 elderly patients with acute cerebral infarction, interstitial oedema, raised serum creatinine, advanced age, and homonymous hemianopia were independent predictors of mortality.
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