To date, CVD, in particular acute cerebrovascular accidents, have a clear tendency to increase. The existing domestic and especially foreign literature testifies the established important medical social problems of cerebral stroke society humanity around world. Stroke can develop at any age, but its frequency prevalence increase with age. About 80% strokes occur people over 65, age having major...

Materials and methods Data from the Hospital Information System of SUS (Single Health System-Brazil) was accessed in the DATASUS data bank (Ministry of Health-Brazil) to allow the study of the hospitalization due to DM and also its association with the following diagnosis of the CID-10 morbidity list: renal insufficiency, cataract, glaucoma, retinal detachment, amaurosis, subnormal vision, dist...

Dissection of the vertebral artery is an important but rare cause of cerebrovascular accidents. Here we report a 48-year-old man with toothache since 4 days before who presented to the emergency department with neck pain and final diagnosis of dissecting right vertebral artery pseudoaneurysm. To our knowledge, this maybe the first report of odontogenic pain as the first manifestation of vertebr...

A total of 105 fatally injured participants of traffic accidents were examined for drugs and alcohol. Drugs were found in 12.38% subjects (12.5% drivers, 25% cyclists, 13.95% pedestrians and 9.09% fellow travellers). Drugs in combination with alcohol were found in 5.72% subjects, alcohol alone was detected in 21%. Out of 100 blood samples taken from living persons and sent for alcohol examinati...

The official 1990-92 detailed life tables show a continuation of the trend toward longer life expectancy for Canadians (see Life tables). Life expectancy at birth has reached an all-time high: 80.89 years for females and 74.55 years for males. Recent improvements in life expectancy are attributable to many factors, including declines in infant mortality, cerebrovascular and cardiovascular disea...