Risk of ischemic stroke after discharge from inpatient surgery: Does the type of surgery matter?

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Stroke is a well-known and devastating complication during the perioperative period. However, detailed stroke risk profiles within 90 days in patients discharged without stroke after inpatient surgery are not fully understood. Using the case-crossover design, we aimed to evaluate the risk of ischemic stroke in these patients.

Methods

We included adult patients with the first hospitalization for ischemic stroke between 2011 and 2012 from 23 million enrollees in the National Health Insurance Research Database. Admission date of the hospitalization was defined as the case day and exactly 365 days before the admission date as the control day. The exposure was the last hospitalization for surgery within 1-30, 31-60, or 61-90 days (case period) before the case day or sim

SUBMITTER: Hsieh CY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6218083 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature