The Epidemiology and Prognosis of Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis in a Third Level Hospital

• Main Authors: José David Galián Ramírez (Author), Vladimir Rosa Salazar (Author), Leticia Guirado Torrecillas (Author), Sonia Otálora Valderrama (Author), María Encarnación Hernández Contreras (Author), María del Mar García Méndez (Author), Bartolomé García Pérez (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Archives of Hematology Case Reports and Reviews - Peertechz Publications, 2017-08-08.
• Subjects: Observational Study
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<p><strong>Objectives:</strong> To analyze several characteristics of patients with cerebral venous sinus thrombosis in a third level hospital and to find any factors that could be related to poor progress. <br></p><p><strong>Materials and methods:</strong> A retrospective study was carried out of patients hospitalized from 2000 to 2014 and diagnosed with cerebral venous sinus thrombosis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>55 patients with an average age of 30.2 years old were included in the study. 73.1% had an associated risk factor. 72.7% received anticoagulation treatment during the acute phase, while 67.2% received long-term anticoagulation treatment for an average period of 5.3 months. 58.1% of patients developed complications deriving from the disease itself, 5.4% died, therefore no statistically significant association was found with any of the variables studied.</p><p><strong>Conclusions:</strong> Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis is a rare entity. This series, the patients were young, with a very high rate of complications (58%), although with low mortality (5%), which prevented us from finding factors associated with a bad prognosis..</p>