Trends in stroke admission and mortality rates from 1983 to 2013 in central Ghana

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 357, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 240-245

  Sarfo, Fred S ^a,b   Akassi, John ^a,b   Awuah, Dominic ^b   Adamu, Sheila ^b   Nkyi, Clara ^b   Owolabi, Mayowa ^c   Ovbiagele, Bruce ^d  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^b KOMFO ANOKYE TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Admission; Ghana; Mortality; Stroke; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DEATH; FATALITY; FEMALE; GENDER; GHANA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY RATE; NEUROIMAGING; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; VERY ELDERLY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; STROKE; TRENDS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GHANA; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE;

EID: 84956589640     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2015.07.043     Document Type: Article

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