Predictors of short-term intra-hospital case fatality following first-ever acute ischaemic stroke in Nigerians

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 755-758

  Wahab, Kalawole W ^a   Okubadejo, N U ^b   Ojini, F I ^b   Danesi, M A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

^b LAGOS UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Complications; Ischaemic stroke; Mortafi Nigerians; Predictors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NIGERIA; PNEUMONIA; PYOMYOSITIS; RISK FACTOR; SEPTICEMIA; SURVIVAL TIME; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; STROKE;

EID: 59849092376     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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