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Bladder dysfunction - is present in up to 37% of stroke patients.
Infection of the urinary tract - is the most frequent infectious complication in stroke patients.
Bronchopneumonia - is the second most frequent infectious complication in stroke patients and is burdened by a high mortality.
Decubital ulcerations - may complicate the clinical course of up to 20% of stroke patients.
Epileptic seizures - may, depending on stroke subtype, appear in 2.5 to 42.8% of cases, while epilepsy varies from 3 to 4% of cases.
Brain oedema - is the main cause of early and late stroke progression, resulting in impairment of every kind of neurological function.
Prospective, multicentre study protocols - on decompressive surgery have been recently developed and are underway. (Malignant MCA Infarcts – 4 Trials)
References:
Gelber et al. Stroke 1993; 24 (3): 378-382.
Davenport et al. Stroke 1996; 27 (3): 415-420.
Gerberding et al. Ann Int Med 2002; 137 (8): 665.
Messori et al. BMJ 2000; 321 (7269): 1103-1106.
Langhorne et al. Stroke 2000; 31 (6); 1223-1229.
Scheuer ML, Cohen J. Neurol Clin 1993; 11 (4): 787-802.
Davalos et al. Stroke 1999; 30 (12): 2631-2636.
Hacke et al. Arch Neurol 1996; 53 (4): 309-315.
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