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Stroke

Prevalence
Clinical features
Investigations
Therapy
Prevention
Prognosis
Clinical features

Ask about diabetes mellitus a b

Why?

Diabetes increases the risk of a stroke

Patient Prognostic Factor Outcome CER RR
(95% CI)		 NNF+
(95% CI)
hypertension b diabetes mellitus
independent 		stroke
at 4.5 years 		5.5% 1.80
(1.26 to 2.57)		 23
(12 to 70)

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