From: Complications in the first week after stroke: a 10-year comparison
2003 | 2013 | |||||||||||||
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Stroke severity | n | Fever | Chest infection | Prog. stroke | MI | UTI | Falls | n | Fever | Chest infection | Prog. stroke | MI | UTI | Falls |
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |||
Very severe | 61 | 34 (55.7) | 29 (47.5) | 18 (29.5) | 8 (13.1) | 12 (19.7) | 2 (3.3) | 26 | 18 (69.2) | 11 (42.3) | 0 | 1 (3.8) | 5 (19.2) | 3 (11.5) |
Severe | 58 | 32 (55.2) | 14 (24.1) | 12 (20.7) | 8 (13.8) | 9 (15.5) | 4 (6.9) | 24 | 11 (45.8) | 6 (25.0) | 3 (12.5) | 0 | 4 (16.7) | 5 (20.8) |
Moderate | 111 | 23 (20.7) | 4 (3.6) | 41 (36.9) | 4 (3.6) | 31 (27.9) | 20 (18.0) | 58 | 10 (17.2) | 1 (1.7) | 1 (1.7) | 0 | 8 (13.8) | 10 (17.2) |
Mild | 124 | 19 (15.3) | 7 (5.6) | 13 (10.5) | 1 (0.8) | 20 (16.1) | 10 (8.1) | 49 | 5 (10.2) | 0 | 3 (6.1) | 0 | 5 (10.2) | 3 (6.1) |
Very mild | 135 | 8 (5.9) | 1 (0.7) | 6 (4.4) | 1 (0.7) | 6 (4.4) | 4 (3.0) | 28 | 2 (7.1) | 0 | 2 (7.1) | 0 | 0 | 1 (3.6) |
Total number | 489 | 116 (23.7) | 55 (11.2) | 90 (18.4) | 22 (4.5) | 78 (16.0) | 40 (8.2) | 185 | 46 (24.9) | 18 (9.7) | 9 (4.9) | 1 (0.5) | 22 (11.9) | 22 (11.9) |
p-value for trenda | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.001 | 0.34 | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.46 | 0.070 | 0.025 | 0.091 |