[Specificity of stroke in the elderly: clinical characteristics and impact on care].

摘要: Stroke in the elderly differs from stroke younger adults several points. It represents most frequent consequence of atherothrombotic disease associated with hypertension, diabetes and hypercholesterolemia. is also main complication cardiac arrhythmia. From a clinical point view, epileptic seizure frequently observed at onset, prognosis darkened by high risk dementia occurrence (20%). Management acute phase requires intensive care, which has been shown to decrease mortality handicap 20% Units. Fibrinolysis rt-PA can be carried out till 80 years. Primary secondary prevention are still very efficacious old patients not only stroke, but dementia. Moreover, influenzae vaccination following year subjects over 65