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I n t e r n a t i o n a l C o n f e r e n c e o n
Neurological Disorders,
Stroke and CNS
October 22-23 , 2018
Athens , Greece
Journal of Neurology and Neuroscience
ISSN: 2171-6625
Stroke and CNS 2018
Introduction:
Stroke is the second cause of death in Colombia. The level of knowledge of stroke within the population can
determine its ability to recognize and make the decision to go to an emergency room.
Objective:
Study the attitude and/or behaviour adopted by the patient and/or the family before a stroke in patients, diagnosed as
ischemic stroke in 4 different hospital centers of Bucaramanga, Colombia.
Methods:
Information on 348 patients was included; they were followed in a cohort from Nov’ 2015 to Dec’ 2017. Information was
collected from patients and/or relatives.
Results:
The mean age of the patients was 69.2 years. 75% of them came from urban areas. During the acute presentation of the
event (stroke), 69% of patients or families did not recognize or think of stroke as a possibility. 8.9% did not initially consider that
it was an important illness and 6.3% thought that it would recover spontaneously. In the sample analyzed, only 8% underwent
vascular recanalization therapies.
Conclusion:
Knowledge about stroke is still very poor in the general population and this affects the out of window arrival of these
patients to hospital centers, and the low percentage of patients gain benefit from the recanalization therapy.
gpradilla@gmail.comBehaviour adopted at the first symptoms of stroke
G Pradilla Ardila
1
, J P Garzon Hernandez
2
, L C Jaramillo
Rojas
2
, J A Mendoza Rojas
3
and F A Silva Sieger
3
1
Hospital Universitario de Santander, Colombia
2
Industrial University of Santander, Colombia
3
International Hospital of Colombia, Colombia
J Neurol Neurosci 2018, Volume: 9
DOI: 10.21767/2171-6625-C3-015