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. 2023 Jul-Sep;49(3):325-332.
doi: 10.12865/CHSJ.49.03.04. Epub 2023 Sep 30.

Evaluation of Transient Ischemic Stroke Cases Admitted to a Tertiary Hospital in Mehedinți County, South-West of Romania

Octavian Păun  1 , Laurențiu Mogoantă  2   3
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Evaluation of Transient Ischemic Stroke Cases Admitted to a Tertiary Hospital in Mehedinți County, South-West of Romania

Octavian Păun et al. Curr Health Sci J. 2023 Jul-Sep.

Abstract

The transient ischemic attack (TIA) is a common cerebrovascular ischemic disease whose symptoms resolve within a maximum of 24 hours. The study carried out by us is a retrospective descriptive one, in which we sought to highlight the main characteristics of TIA in patients admitted to the Emergency Hospital in Turnu-Severin municipality in Mehedinți county, in the period 2016-2020, including a group of 53 patients, mainly from Mehedinți county. The analysis of the study group and the risk factors showed that TIA mainly affects the elderly, over 50 years old, with the highest incidence being recorded in the 60-80-year age groups, with an extremely low incidence under 40 years. Significant differences were found between the sexes and between the social environments, with women and people from the urban environment being more prone to suffer a TIA. Among the most important modifiable risk factors encountered in TIA patients included in the study, the following were highlighted: HTN, obesity and atherosclerosis. Knowing the modifiable factors and combating them can improve the prognosis of AIT.

Keywords: Transient ischemic accidents; cerebral ischemia; modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors.

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Distribution of TIA patients according to age groups.
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Distribution of TIA based on sex (F=females; M=males).
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Distribution of stroke cases according to the social environment
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Association between TIA and Hypertension
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Association between TIA and Obesity
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Association between TIA and Atherosclerosis
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Association between TIA and Diabetes Mellitus
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Association between TIA and Renal Failure
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Association between TIA and Atrial Fibrillation
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Association of AIT with metabolic diseases
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. The association of AIT with the anxious syndrome
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