Risk factor, pattern, etiology and outcome in ischemic stroke patients with cancer: a nested case-control study.

Background: Coagulation disorders are seen in cancer patients, but it is not clear whether cancer predisposes stroke patients to unique characteristics. The aim of the study was to investigate risk factors, pattern,etiology and outcome in stroke patients with cancer.

Methods: A retrospective review of all ischemic stroke (IS) patients with cancer (n = 56) admitted to Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital, Sydney, Australia, between January 1999 and December 2004 was conducted and comparison made to age- and gender-matched noncancer IS patients admitted to the same hospital during the same period.

Delirium within three days of stroke in a cohort of elderly patients.

Objectives: To evaluate the incidence of stroke, risk factors for stroke, and outcomes in elderly stroke patients with delirium.

Design: Cohort study with 12-month follow-up.

Setting: Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital, a 450-bed teaching hospital of the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.