Impact of anemia on in‐hospital complications after ischemic stroke

Background and purpose In‐hospital complications after stroke represent barriers to optimal recovery and are even potentially life‐threatening. Anemia is common in stroke patients and is related to poor outcome after stroke. Less is known, however, of the association of anemia with complications. We...

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Published in:European journal of neurology 2018-05, Vol.25 (5), p.768-774
Main Authors: Wei, C.‐C., Zhang, S.‐T., Tan, G., Zhang, S.‐H., Liu, M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Anemia
Anemia - complications
Bleeding
Brain
Brain Ischemia - complications
Complications
Confidence intervals
Female
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage - complications
Hemorrhage
Hospitalization
Humans
Ischemia
Male
Middle Aged
Patients
Pneumonia
Pneumonia - complications
Prophylaxis
Risk Factors
Seizures
Stroke
Stroke - complications
Thromboembolism
Thromboembolism - complications
Urinary tract
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Summary:Background and purpose In‐hospital complications after stroke represent barriers to optimal recovery and are even potentially life‐threatening. Anemia is common in stroke patients and is related to poor outcome after stroke. Less is known, however, of the association of anemia with complications. We aimed to investigate the impact of anemia on a series of in‐hospital complications after ischemic stroke. Methods Consecutive patients with ischemic stroke within 7 days were included. Anemia on admission and its severity were defined according to World Health Organization criteria. Eight pre‐specified complications, such as pneumonia, gastrointestinal bleeding (GIB) and hemorrhagic transformation, were recorded during hospitalization. Results A total of 2647 patients were included. Anemia was present in 648 patients (24.5%), and 883 patients (33.4%) experienced at least one complication. Patients with anemia were more likely to experience one or more complications, pneumonia, GIB and thromboembolism (all P 
ISSN:1351-5101
1468-1331
DOI:10.1111/ene.13595