Outcome and prognosis in stroke patients who have been admitted to an Intensive care Unit

The dual aim of the SOPHISTIC project is (1) to assess all-cause mortality over time (both short-term and long-term) of acute intracerebral haemorrhagic and ischaemic adult stroke patients admitted to critical care and compare it to the mortality of other critically ill populations, divided into predefined diagnostic groups, in order to unravel the mortality pattern of stroke patients and (2) to develop a prognostic model of short-term and long-term mortality among stroke patients admitted to critical care, assess the performance of the model and create a practical point system.

* Mortality among adult ischaemic and intra-cerebral haemorrhagic stroke patients admitted to an Intensive care Unit (ICU) is higher compared to other critically ill populations, subdivided into predefined diagnostic groups, over time and regardless of case-mix adjustment or left-truncation.

* Short-term mortality and long-term mortality among stroke patients admitted to critical care can be predicted independently by a discriminative and accurate prognostic model based on clinical parameters available upon ICU admission.

* Censoring >1year after inclusion time period

* Left-truncation on (A) ICU admission (none), (B) ICU
discharge, (C) after 30 days, (D) 3 months and (E) 1 year.

None (observational cohort study)