Imaging and clinical predictors of acute constipation in patients with acute ischemic stroke.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Constipation symptoms are highly prevalent in acute ischemic stroke, but the clinical and neuroimaging predictors are unknown. This study aimed to identify lesions and clinical features associated with acute constipation.

Methods

Data from patients with acute ischemic stroke registered in a hospital-based stroke registry between January 2018 and December 2019 were analyzed. Clinical, laboratory, and imaging features were examined for associations with acute constipation. Using the topographic lesion on diffusion-weighted images, multivariate support vector regression-based lesion-symptom mapping (SVR-LSM) was conducted and compared between the non-constipation and acute constipation groups.

Results

A total of 256 patients (mean age 67 years, men: 64%) were

SUBMITTER: Han IJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10534029 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature