Stroke admission and case-fatality in an urban medical unit in sub-Saharan Africa: A fourteen year trend study from 1999 to 2012

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 350, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 24-32

  Lekoubou, Alain ^a   Nkoke, Clovis ^b   Dzudie, Anastase ^c,d   Kengne, Andre Pascal ^d,e  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences   (Cameroon)

^c DOUALA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Cameroon)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Case fatality; Risk factors; Stroke; Sub Saharan Africa; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE REGISTRY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE PATIENT; URBAN AREA; AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICE; MORTALITY; STROKE; TIME; TRENDS;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84933183210     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2015.02.002     Document Type: Article

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