Urinary incontinence and indwelling urinary catheters as predictors of death after new-onset stroke: a report of the south london stroke register

John, Gregor Raphaël; Primmaz, Steve; Crichton, Siobhan; Wolfe, Charles

doi:10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2017.08.018

Scientific article

English

Urinary incontinence and indwelling urinary catheters as predictors of death after new-onset stroke: a report of the south london stroke register

ContributorsJohn, Gregor Raphaël

; Primmaz, Steve

; Crichton, Siobhan; Wolfe, Charles

Published inJournal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, vol. 27, no. 1, p. 118-124

Publication date2018

Abstract

To explore the relationship between indwelling urinary catheters (IUCs), urinary incontinence (UI), and death in the poststroke period and to determine when, after the neurological event, UI has the best ability to predict 1-year mortality.

Keywords

Indwelling urinary catheters
Mortality
Stroke
Urinary incontinence

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de médecine

Citation (ISO format)

JOHN, Gregor Raphaël et al. Urinary incontinence and indwelling urinary catheters as predictors of death after new-onset stroke: a report of the south london stroke register. In: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, 2018, vol. 27, n° 1, p. 118–124. doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2017.08.018