Clinical characteristics of ischemic stroke-induced emergency dizziness in elderly people
Abstract：Objective To study the clinical characteristics of emergency dizziness induced by ische-mic stroke (IS ) in elderly people .Methods One hundred and seventy-three emergency dizziness patients with their age ≥ 60 years were divided into IS group (n= 37) and non-IS group (n=136) .Their clinical characteristics were analyzed by logistic regression analysis .Results The in-cidence of BP≥140/90 mm Hg (1 mm Hg=0 .133 kPa) at the disease onset extremity weakness-free speech disturbance ,unilateral weakness ,extremity and/or gait ataxia ,visual field defect and/or diplopia ,and symptom duration were significantly higher in IS patients than in non-IS patients (P<0 .05) .Hypertension history ,blood pressure≥140/90 mm Hg at the disease onset ,extremity weakness-free speech disturbance ,unilateral weakness ,extremity and/or gait ataxia ,visual field defect and/or diplopia ,and symptom duration were the independent risk factors for IS in elderly dizziness patients (P<0 .05 ,P<0 .01) .Conclusion Hypertension ,blood pressure≥140/90 mm Hg at the disease onset ,extremity weakness-free speech disturbance ,unilateral weakness ,extrem-ity and/or gait ataxia ,visual field defect and/or diplopia ,and symptom duration are of great value in assessing the risk of IS in elderly dizziness patients .
Keywords：strokedizzinesshypertensiondiabetes mellitushyperlipidemiasrisk factors
Publication Date：2014-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 961-963 )