Abstract

Goals: The goals of this research are: a) to determine the number, gender and age representation of patients with a working diagnosis of acute stroke referred by the Institute for Emergency Medical Care (IEMC) in the Clinical Center of Sarajevo University (CCSU); b) determine the inci-dence of patients that have been or have not been hospitalized and why; c) determine the time and procedure for emergency medical care; d) to determine the characteristics and outcomes of patients hospitalized with ischemic stroke at the Neurology Clinic CCUS. Material and methods: The study was retrospective and included time period from 1st June 2010 to 30th November 2010. The study included patients of both sexes, older than 18 years of age. Results: The study included a total of 233 patients. Of these, 65 % are female, while 35 % of patients were male. Of 82 patients who were admitted to hospital treatment at the Neurology Clinic, 55 % of the patients were male and 45 % female. The largest number of patients is older than 70 years (71%). Minimum time for emergency medical team arrival was 6 minutes and maximum 70 minutes (mean 35, SD 11.989). Motor weakness was noted in 31 % of patients – left sided motor weakness was significantly more represented. In 73 % of patients the diagnosis was confirmed. In 5 % of patients thrombolytic therapy was administered, while 95 % of patients were treated conservatively. Lethal outcome oc-