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Clinical features

Assess your patient's functional status specifically looking for urinary incontinence b

Why?

Urinary incontinence is associated with an increased risk of dying

Patient Prognostic Factor Outcome CER RR
(95% CI)		 NNF+
(95% CI)
ischaemic stroke b urinary incontinence
independent 		death
at 12 months 		20% 7.32
(2.52 to 21.3)		 1
(1 to 3)

Expiry date: October 2003
Levels of Evidence used in grading these guides

Author   CM   Ball
Reviewer   G  Donnan
CAT Writers   CJ   Wotton , N   Shenker , CM   Ball