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<journal-id>2444-054X</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Cirugía y cirujanos]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Cir. cir.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2444-054X</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Academia Mexicana de Cirugía A.C.]]></publisher-name>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S2444-054X2022000500659</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.24875/ciru.22000069</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Epidemiología y mortalidad hospitalaria por evento vascular cerebral en un hospital de la Ciudad de México: estudio prospectivo de 2 años]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Stroke epidemiology and in-hospital mortality in a Mexico City hospital: a prospective two-years study]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Torres-Viloria]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Alfredo]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Montiel-López]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Luis]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Elizalde-Barrera]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[César I.]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social Hospital General de Zona Número 30 Servicio de Medicina Interna]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Ciudad de México ]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>10</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>10</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>90</volume>
<numero>5</numero>
<fpage>659</fpage>
<lpage>664</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2444-054X2022000500659&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2444-054X2022000500659&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2444-054X2022000500659&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen  Objetivo: Describir las características y los factores pronósticos para mortalidad intrahospitalaria en pacientes con diagnóstico de evento vascular cerebral isquémico (EVCi) o hemorrágico (EVCh).  Método: Se incluyeron 172 pacientes en el periodo del 1 de enero de 2018 al 31 de diciembre de 2019. Se recabaron características demográficas, de laboratorio y factores de riesgo. Se realizó un análisis de regresión logística binaria calculando el riesgo relativo y el intervalo de confianza al 95% para identificar las variables asociadas a la mortalidad.  Resultados: El 78.5% de los pacientes presentaron EVCi. La media de edad fue de 75.27 ± 11.44 años en el EVCi y de 71.62 ± 11.72 años en el EVCh. El antecedente de hipertensión se encontró en más del 70% de los pacientes en ambos tipos de EVC. La mortalidad hospitalaria fue del 15.5% en el EVCi y del 21.5% en el EVCh. Una puntuación grave (&gt; 13) en la escala NIHSS (National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale) presentó asociación significativa con la mortalidad en ambos tipos de EVC.  Conclusiones: La hipertensión fue el factor de riesgo más común. La mortalidad hospitalaria fue menor que lo reportado previamente en México. La escala NIHSS fue el mejor predictor de mortalidad. Es necesario desarrollar estrategias para mejorar la atención de los pacientes con EVC en México.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract  Objective: To describe patient characteristics, case fatality rate, and assess predictors of in-hospital acute ischemic (IS) or hemorrhagic stroke (HS) mortality.  Method: Adult patients with confirmed stroke were recruited from January 1st, 2018 to December 31st, 2019.Data collect included demographic and laboratory characteristics, risk factors, and clinical outcome. A binary logistic regression model with relative risk and 95% confidence interval was performed.  Results: A total of 172 patients were recruited; IS was present in 78.5% of patients. The mean of age was 75.27 ± 11.44 years in IS group and 71.62 ± 11.72 years in HS group. Hypertension was present in &gt; 70% of patients in both groups; the in-hospital case fatality rate was 15.5% for IS and 21.5% for HS. Severe NIHSS score (&gt; 13) was significantly associated with in-hospital mortality in both stroke types.  Conclusions: Hypertension was the most common risk factor in patients with stroke. The in-hospital case fatality rate was lower to previously reported in Mexico. Nevertheless, it remains high compared to reported in developed countries. NIHSS scale was the strongest predictor of mortality. There is a need to develop more effective stroke management services in Mexico.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Mortalidad hospitalaria]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Mexico]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Ischemic Stroke]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Hemorrhagic stroke]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Risk factors]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[In-hospital Mortality]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Mexico]]></kwd>
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