Epidemiology and in-hospital outcome of stroke in South Ethiopia

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 355, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 138-142

  Deresse, Birrie ^a   Shaweno, Debebe ^a  

^a HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Hemorrhagic stroke; Ischemic stroke; Risk factors; Stroke; Stroke outcome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN STEM INFARCTION; CARDIOEMBOLIC STROKE; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CEREBELLUM INFARCTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANKIN SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SMOKING; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITALIZATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STROKE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937516026     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2015.06.001     Document Type: Article

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