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Ischemic Strokes: Observations from a Hospital Based Stroke Registry in Bangladesh.
Department of Medicine
  • Nirmalenduk Bikash Bhowmik, BIRDEM General Hospital
  • Aamir Abbas, Aga Khan University
  • Mohammad Saifuddin, Aga Khan University
  • Md. Rashedul Islam, BIRDEM General Hospital
  • Rumana Habib, BIRDEM General Hospital
  • Aminur Rahman, BIRDEM General Hospital,
  • Md. Amirul Haque,, BIRDEM General Hospital,
  • Zahid Hassan, Bangladesh University of Health Sciences
  • Mohammad Wasay, Aga Khan University
Publication Date
9-1-2016
Document Type
Article
Abstract

Background. Stroke is an important morbidity for low and middle income countries like Bangladesh. We established the first stroke registry in Bangladesh. Methods. Data was collected from stroke patients who were admitted in Department of Neurology of BIRDEM with first ever stroke, aged between 30 and 90 years. Patients with intracerebral hemorrhage, subarachnoid and subdural hemorrhage, and posttrauma features were excluded. Results. Data was gathered from 679 stroke patients. Mean age was 60.6 years. Almost 68% of patients were male. Small vessel strokes were the most common accounting for 45.4% of all the patients followed by large vessel getting affected in 32.5% of the cases. Only 16 (2.4%) died during treatment, and 436 (64.2%) patients had their mRS score of 3 to 5. Age greater than 70 years was associated with poor outcome on discharge [OR 1.79 (95% CI: 1.05 to 3.06)] adjusting for gender, duration of hospital stay, HDL, and pneumonia. Age, mRS, systolic blood pressure, urinary tract infection, pneumonia, and stroke severity explained the Barthel score. Conclusion. Mortality was low but most of patient had moderate to severe disability at discharge. Age, mRS, systolic blood pressure, urinary tract infection, pneumonia, and stroke severity influenced the Barthel score.

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Nirmalenduk Bikash Bhowmik, Aamir Abbas, Mohammad Saifuddin, Md. Rashedul Islam, et al.. "Ischemic Strokes: Observations from a Hospital Based Stroke Registry in Bangladesh." (2016) p. 1 - 13
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/mohammad_wasay/146/