Pre-hospital delay in patients with ischemic stroke in the Fann Teaching Hospital, Dakar, Senegal in 2020.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

stroke is a cerebrovascular disease. Early reperfusion in neurovascular units can reduce its morbidity and mortality. Even when neurovascular units exist, patients usually arrive late in the emergency department. to the purpose of this study was to determine prehospital delay in patients with acute ischemic stroke and associated factors.

Methods

we conducted a retrospective cross-sectional study in the neurology department of the Fann University Hospital in Dakar from January 1^{s t} to June 30^th, 2020. We included patients younger than 80 years seen in the emergency unit for ischemic stroke. The median time to presentation was calculated based on the time of stroke onset and that of arrival at the hospital. Multivariate analysis wa

SUBMITTER: Damon MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8956836 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature