作者
Suhail Al Rukn, Michael V Mazya, Faycal Hentati, Samia Ben Sassi, Fatma Nabli, Zakharia Said, Belahsen Faouzi, Husnain Hashim, Foad Abd-Allah, Benhan Mansouri, Selma Kesraoui, Souheil Gebeily, Husen Abdulrahman, Naveed Akhtar, Niaz Ahmed, Nils Wahlgren, Hany Aref, Mohammed Almekhlafi, Tiago Moreira
发表日期
2019/10
期刊
International Journal of Stroke
卷号
14
期号
7
页码范围
715-722
出版商
SAGE Publications
简介
Background and methods
Stroke incidence and mortality are reported to have increased in the Middle-East and North African (MENA) countries during the last decade. This was a prospective observational study to examine the baseline characteristics of stroke patients in the MENA region and to compare the MENA vs. the non-MENA stroke cohort in the Safe Implementation of Treatments in Stroke (SITS) International Registry.
Results
Of the 13,822 patients with ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke enrolled in the SITS-All Patients Protocol between June 2014 and May 2016, 5897 patients (43%) were recruited in MENA. The median onset-to-door time was 5 h (IQR: 2:20–13:00), National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score was 8 (4–13) and age was 65 years (56–76). Hypertension (66%) and diabetes (38%) were the prevailing risk factors; large artery stenosis > 50% (25.3%) and lacunar strokes (24.1 …
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