A retrospective research on the elderly patients with brain stem infarction and vertebrobasilar insufficiency.

Objective To explore the difference of clinical manifestation between the patients with brain stem infarction and those with vertebrobasilar insufficiency(VBI).Methods The clinical data of 14 patients with brain stem infarction and 95 ones with vertebrobasilar insufficiency were retrospectively analyzed.Results There were more symptoms,physical signs and hypertension incidence in patients with brain stem infarction,compared with those of VBI patients.After the admission,the levels of blood sugar in patients with brain stem infarction were higher than that in VBI patients.Conclusion For those elderly patients with the clinical manifestation of vertebrobasilar insufficiency,we should pay more attention to their neurological symptoms,physical signs,cardio/cerebrovascular risk factors and blood sugar level.